Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJOfficial websiteSt. John's University
Jamaica, NYSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.
Memphis, TNOfficial websiteSt. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, TXOfficial websiteStockton University
Galloway, NJOfficial websiteSt. Olaf College
Northfield, MNOfficial websiteStowers Institute for Medical Research
Kansas City, MOOfficial websiteSuffolk University
Boston, MASUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Brooklyn, NYOfficial websiteSyracuse University
Syracuse, NYOfficial websiteTeachers College, Columbia University
New York, NYTemple University
Philadelphia, PAOfficial websiteTennessee State University
Nashville, TNOfficial websiteTennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TNOfficial websiteTerasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Woodland Hills, CAOfficial 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 International Education Consortium
Austin, TXOfficial websiteTexas Tech University
Lubbock, TXOfficial websiteTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TXOfficial websiteTEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER EL PASO
El Paso, TXOfficial websiteThe Asia Foundation
San Francisco, CAOfficial websiteThe Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, I
Baltimore, MDOfficial websiteThe Broad Institute, Inc.
Cambridge, MAOfficial websiteThe Catholic University of America
Washington, DCOfficial websiteThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PAThe City College of New York/CUNY
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe City University of New York
New York, NYOfficial 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 George Washington University
Washington, DCOfficial websiteThe German Marshall Fund of the United States
Washington, DCOfficial websiteThe Graduate School and University Center-CUNY
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe Henry L. Stimson Center
Washington, DCOfficial websiteThe Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota
Austin, MNOfficial websiteThe Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, MEOfficial websiteThe J. David Gladstone Institutes
San Francisco, CAOfficial websiteThe J. Paul Getty Trust
Los Angeles, CAOfficial 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 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.
