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Myrtle Beach, SCOfficial websiteSuffolk University
Boston, MASumma Global Education DBA AnB Education
Fairless Hills, PAOfficial websiteSUNY College at Old Westbury
Old Westbury, NYOfficial websiteSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Brooklyn, NYOfficial websiteSusquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PAOfficial websiteSwarthmore College
Swarthmore, PAOfficial websiteSyracuse University
Syracuse, NYOfficial websiteTCS Education System
Chicago, ILOfficial websiteTeachers College, Columbia University
New York, NYTeachers Council, Inc.
Annapolis, MDOfficial websiteTemple University
Philadelphia, PAOfficial websiteTennessee State University
Nashville, TNOfficial websiteTennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TNOfficial websiteTerasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Woodland Hills, CAOfficial websiteTERRA LINGUA
Terryville, CTOfficial websiteTexas A&M International University
Laredo, TXOfficial websiteTexas A&M University
College Station, TXOfficial websiteTexas A&M University-Commerce
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, TXOfficial websiteTexas Biomedical Research Institute
San Antonio, TXOfficial websiteTexas Christian University
Fort Worth, TXOfficial websiteTexas Health and Science University
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Dallas, TXOfficial websiteTexas International Education Consortium
Austin, TXOfficial websiteTexas Tech University
Lubbock, TXOfficial websiteTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center
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El Paso, TXOfficial websiteThe American-Scandinavian Foundation
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe Asia Foundation
San Francisco, CAOfficial websiteThe Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, I
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Houston, TXOfficial websiteThe Breakers Palm Beach, Inc.
Palm Beach, FLOfficial websiteThe Broad Institute, Inc.
Cambridge, MAOfficial websiteThe Brookings Institution
Washington, DCOfficial websiteThe Catholic University of America
Washington, DCOfficial websiteThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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New York, NYOfficial websiteThe City University of New York
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe College of New Jersey
Trenton, NJOfficial websiteThe Commonwealth Fund
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe Evergreen State College
Olympia, WAOfficial websiteThe Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago, ILOfficial websiteThe Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, DCOfficial websiteThe Forsyth Institute
The Foundation for Academic Cultural Exchange
Reno, NVOfficial websiteThe George Washington University
Washington, DCOfficial websiteThe German Marshall Fund of the United States
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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.
