The Henry L. Stimson Center
Washington, DCOfficial websiteThe Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota
Austin, MNOfficial websiteThe International School of San Francisco
San Francisco, CAOfficial websiteThe Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, MEOfficial websiteThe J. David Gladstone Institutes
San Francisco, CAOfficial websiteThe J. Paul Getty Trust
Los Angeles, CAOfficial websiteThe Juilliard School
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc.
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe Lutheran University Assoc, INC,dba Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, INOfficial websiteThe Methodist Hospital & its Subsidiary Corporations
Houston, TXOfficial websiteThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe Newberry Library
Chicago, ILOfficial websiteThe New School
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NYOfficial websiteThe Ohio State University
Columbus, OHOfficial websiteThe Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PAOfficial websiteThe RAND Corporation
Santa Monica, CAOfficial websiteThe Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HIOfficial websiteThe Rockefeller University
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, CAOfficial websiteThe Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CAThe Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
San Francisco, CAOfficial websiteThe Spain-US Chamber of Commerce
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe State University of New York
Albany, NYOfficial websiteThe State University of New York at Geneseo
Geneseo, NYOfficial websiteThe Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A., Inc.
Washington, DCOfficial websiteThe United States Agency for International Development
The University of Akron
Akron, OHThe University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, ALOfficial websiteThe University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, ALOfficial websiteThe University of Georgia
Athens, GAOfficial websiteThe University of Hartford
West Hartford, CTOfficial websiteThe University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LAOfficial websiteThe University of Memphis
Memphis, TNOfficial websiteThe University of Mississippi
Oxford, MSOfficial websiteThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NCOfficial websiteThe University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NCOfficial websiteThe University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Pembroke, NCThe University of Oklahoma
Norman, OKOfficial websiteThe University of South Carolina
Columbia, SCOfficial websiteThe University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SDOfficial websiteThe University of Tampa
Tampa, FLOfficial websiteThe University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TNOfficial websiteThe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TNOfficial websiteThe University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TNOfficial websiteThe University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TXOfficial websiteThe University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TXOfficial websiteThe University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TXOfficial websiteThe University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TXOfficial websiteThe University of Texas at Tyler
Tyler, TXOfficial 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.
