Andrews University
Berrien Springs, MIOfficial websiteArizona State University
Tempe, AZOfficial websiteAuburn University
Auburn, ALBaylor College of Medicine
Houston, TXOfficial websiteBaylor University
Waco, TXOfficial websiteBoston College
Chestnut Hill, MAOfficial websiteBoston University
Boston, MAOfficial websiteBrown University
Providence, RIOfficial websiteCalifornia Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CAOfficial websiteCalvin Theological Seminary
Grand Rapids, MIOfficial websiteCarnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PAOfficial websiteChapman University
Orange, CAOfficial websiteClaremont Graduate University
Claremont, CAOfficial websiteClarkson University
Potsdam, NYOfficial websiteClemson University
Clemson, SCOfficial websiteCOLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
Cold Spring Harbor, NYOfficial websiteColorado State University
Fort Collins, COOfficial websiteColumbia University in the City of New York
New York, NYOfficial websiteCornell University
Ithaca, NYOfficial websiteDrexel University
Philadelphia, PAOfficial websiteDuke University, Medical Center, and Health System
Durham, NCOfficial websiteEast-West Center
Honolulu, HIOfficial websiteEmory University
Atlanta, GAOfficial websiteFlorida International University
Miami, FLOfficial websiteGallaudet University
Washington, DCOfficial websiteGeorge Mason University
Fairfax, VAOfficial websiteGeorgetown University
Washington, DCOfficial websiteGeorgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GAOfficial websiteGeorgia State University
Atlanta, GAOfficial websiteHarvard University
Cambridge, MAOfficial websiteHoward University
Washington, DCOfficial websiteIndiana University
Bloomington, INOfficial websiteInternational Technological University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Ames, IAOfficial websiteJohns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MDOfficial websiteKean University
Union, NJOfficial websiteKent State University
Kent, OHOfficial websiteLouisiana State University System
Baton Rouge, LAOfficial websiteLuther Seminary
Saint Paul, MNOfficial websiteMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MAOfficial websiteMichigan State University
East Lansing, MIOfficial websiteMichigan Technological University
Houghton, MIOfficial websiteMississippi State University
Mississippi State, MSOfficial websiteNC State University
Raleigh, NCOfficial websiteNew York University
New York, NYOfficial websiteNortheastern University
Boston, MAOfficial websiteNortheast Ohio Medical University
Rootstown, OHOfficial websiteNorthern Illinois University
Dekalb, ILOfficial websiteNorthwestern University
Evanston, ILOfficial websiteOld Dominion University
Norfolk, VAOfficial 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.
