University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CAOfficial websiteUniversity of Colorado - Boulder
Boulder, COOfficial websiteUniversity of Connecticut
Storrs Mansfield, CTOfficial websiteUniversity of Delaware
Newark, DEOfficial websiteUniversity of Hawaii
Honolulu, HIOfficial websiteUniversity of Maryland at College Park
College Park, MDOfficial websiteUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MAOfficial websiteUniversity of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NVOfficial websiteUniversity of Utah
Salt Lake City, UTOfficial websiteUniversity of Washington
Seattle, WAOfficial websiteU.S. Agency For Global Media-USAGM
Washington, DCOfficial websiteU.S. Department of State (ECA/A/S/X)
Washington, DCOfficial websiteU.S. Department of State (ECA/PE/C)
Washington, DCOfficial websiteUtah State University
Logan, UTOfficial websiteVanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TNOfficial websiteVassar College
Poughkeepsie, NYOfficial websiteVirginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VAOfficial websiteWestcliff University
Irvine, CAOfficial websiteWest Virginia University
Morgantown, WVOfficial websiteWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MAOfficial websiteWorld Learning Inc (d/b/a School for International Training)
Brattleboro, VTOfficial websiteWorld Press Institute
Saint Paul, MNOfficial websiteWorld Zionist Organization
New York, NYOfficial websiteXavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LAOfficial websiteYale University
New Haven, CTOfficial 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.
