Allegheny College
Meadville, PAOfficial websiteAmerican Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
Washington, DCOfficial websiteAsian Cultural Council, Inc.
New York, NYOfficial websiteBates College
Lewiston, MEOfficial websiteBrandeis University
Waltham, MAOfficial websiteCEC ArtsLink
New York, NYOfficial websiteCenter for Furniture Craftsmanship
Rockport, MEOfficial websiteCIEE, Inc.
Portland, MEOfficial websiteColorado College
Colorado Springs, COOfficial websiteConcordia Language Villages
Moorhead, MNOfficial websiteCultural Vistas Inc.
Washington, DCOfficial websiteDartmouth College
Hanover, NHOfficial websiteEast-West Center
Honolulu, HIOfficial websiteEisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc.
Philadelphia, PAOfficial websiteFlorida International University
Miami, FLOfficial websiteGerman American Partnership Program (GAPP)
New York, NYOfficial websiteHendrix College
Conway, AROfficial websiteIndiana University
Bloomington, INOfficial websiteIndiana University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, INOfficial websiteInstitute Of International Education, Inc.
New York, NYOfficial websiteIntel Corporation
Chandler, AZOfficial websiteJewish Agency-American Section Inc.
New York, NYOfficial websiteLouisiana State University System
Baton Rouge, LAOfficial websiteMiddle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc.
Arlington, VAOfficial websiteMiddle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TNOfficial websiteMississippi State University
Mississippi State, MSOfficial websiteMontana State University
Bozeman, MTOfficial websiteNational Outdoor Leadership School
Lander, WYOfficial websiteNational Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, DCOfficial websiteNational Radio Astronomy Observatory
Charlottesville, VAOfficial websiteNational Ski Patrol
Lakewood, COOfficial websiteNew York University
New York, NYOfficial websiteNortheastern Illinois University
Chicago, ILOfficial websiteOregon State University
Corvallis, OROfficial websiteOutward Bound, Inc.
Boulder, COOfficial websiteProgram of Academic Exchange, P.A.X.
Seattle, WAOfficial websiteResource Exchange International, Inc.
Colorado Springs, COOfficial websiteSavannah College of Art & Design
Savannah, GAOfficial websiteSmithsonian Institution
Washington, DCOfficial websiteStanford University, Bechtel International Center
Stanford, CAOfficial websiteTemple University
Philadelphia, PAOfficial websiteTexas Health and Science University
The Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago, ILOfficial websiteThe Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, MEOfficial websiteThe United States Agency for International Development
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, ALOfficial websiteThe University of Mississippi
Oxford, MSOfficial websiteThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NCOfficial websiteThe University of Texas at Tyler
Tyler, TXOfficial websiteUniversity of California, Riverside
Riverside, CAOfficial website
What is a J-1 visa sponsor?
A J-1 sponsor is an organization designated by the U.S. Department of State to run an Exchange Visitor Program. You cannot apply for a J-1 visa on your own: a sponsor first accepts you into its program and issues Form DS-2019, the document you need for your visa application.
How does the J-1 process work?
- Choose your category. Intern, trainee, teacher, au pair, research scholar and the other categories each have their own rules and their own sponsors.
- Find a sponsor. Pick a sponsor designated for your category from the list above and apply through its website.
- Receive your DS-2019. Once the sponsor accepts you, it issues Form DS-2019.
- Pay the SEVIS fee. The I-901 SEVIS fee is paid after you have your DS-2019.
- Complete the DS-160 and attend your interview. Apply for the visa online and book an interview at a U.S. embassy or consulate.
This list is taken from the U.S. Department of State’s public list of designated sponsors. Crosena is not a sponsor and is not affiliated with the Department of State. Places, sponsorship and visas are decided by sponsors and the U.S. government.
