Help & Support

Welcome to our help center. Here, you will find answers to the most common questions.

What does visa sponsorship mean?

Visa sponsorship is the process by which a foreign national obtains permission to live legally in the United States. A sponsor is a U.S. entity willing to file a visa application with the U.S. government and take responsibility for the individual and his actions during his whole stay in the United States under the concerned visa. A foreign national cannot legally work in the USA without being sponsored for a visa. It does not necessarily mean that your visa sponsor will also be your financial sponsor and pay for your visa processing fees.

U.S. employers usually pay visa processing fees for jobs in labor shortages because they have no other choice. Foreign nationals usually pay the visa processing fees as individuals who aim to gain personal and professional experience in the USA and grow in their careers.

Can USponsorMe help me find a job in the USA and get sponsored for a visa?

USponsorMe can help you find a job in the USA at a company that will offer you a visa sponsorship if you are a non-U.S. citizen individual (whatever your citizenship) based anywhere (inside or outside the USA) looking for a job in the USA and need a visa sponsorship through a U.S.-based employer, for whom we have jobs on our platform.

Don’t know if you need a visa sponsorship through a U.S.-based employer? Read the next question.

Don’t know if we have jobs for you on our platform? Search for jobs by yourself, or tell us more about yourself, and we will search for jobs for you.

How do I know if I need a visa sponsorship through a U.S.-based employer, and which one?

Do I need visa sponsorship through a U.S.-based employer?

You will need a job offer from a U.S.-based employer to get a work visa or work authorization, except if:

• you are an American citizen;
• you hold a green card;
• you hold an EAD (Employment Authorization Document);
• you won the EDV Green Card lottery and will get the green card;
• one of your parent(s), spouse, child(s), or sibling(s)) is an American citizen or green card holder and is willing to sponsor you;
• your spouse got a non-immigrant visa such as H1B, E1, E2, J1, L1, or A2, and on the one, you can be added as a dependent and ask for work authorization then;
• you are a journalist, or you work for an independent production company and are sent to the U.S.A. by your current company;
• you are employed by a company at a management or expertise level and are sent to the U.S.A. by your current company;
• you have an extraordinary ability in the arts or athletics;
• you have an extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry;
• you create your own company;
• you invest $800k+ in a business that will benefit the U.S. economy and create jobs.

If you do not fall under one of the exceptions above, you need a visa sponsorship through a U.S.-based employer, and USponsorMe may help you. To see if USponsorMe can help you, search for jobs by yourself, or tell us more about yourself, and we will search for jobs for you.

If you fall under one of the exceptions above, USponsorMe cannot help you. For the four first exceptions, you do not need any visa sponsorship; we recommend you use general job boards such as Indeed, ZipRecruiter, or LinkedIn. For the other exceptions, you might be able to get a work visa or work authorization without any job offer from a U.S.-based employer. In that case, we recommend you contact a lawyer in immigration law.

What visa do I need?

This depends on your occupation, education, experience, achievements, citizenship, etc. Here are the visas for which we have visa sponsorship available on USponsorMe. Tell us more about yourself, and we will match you with visa sponsorship jobs on our platform for which you might qualify.

Can I work in the USA with my foreign diploma?

This depends on your occupation, education, experience, achievements, citizenship, etc. Some occupations in healthcare (e.g., Registered Nurse, Physical Therapist) or legal (e.g., Lawyer, Real Estate) require a state license or a U.S. diploma to practice.

Tell us more about yourself, and we will match you with visa sponsorship jobs on our platform for which you might qualify, the ones you can pretend (e.g., Registered Nurse if you have passed the U.S. equivalence – or Clinic Assistant if you have not).

If you want to practice your occupation and not something else, you must pass the equivalence test before using USponsorMe. Some examples are below.

I’m a nurse. Do I need a license before searching for employment with visa sponsorship?

Yes, before searching for employment, you must possess a Registered Nurse license in a state located in the United States, pass the TOFEL, and be in process with NPTC or completed.

I’m a physical therapist. Do I need a license before searching for employment with visa sponsorship?

Yes, before searching for employment, you must possess a Physical Therapy license in a state in the United States, pass the TOFEL, and be in process with NPTC or completed.

I’m a lawyer. Do I need the bar before searching for employment with visa sponsorship?

Yes, before searching for employment, you must possess the bar in the state where you’ll be in the United States.

You must also know that you must work as an employee in a law office to be eligible for a visa (except for the O-1).

I’m a real estate agent. Do I need a license before searching for employment with visa sponsorship?

Yes, you must possess a real estate license in the state you’ll be located in the United States to be a real estate.

But the issue is more than that. You’ll need to be an employee of the company to be eligible for a visa (except for the O-1). However, real estate agents in the United States are not employees; they are employed under contract as they find their clients. So, you cannot be a real estate in the United States until you get a Green Card. However, you can target business, finance, or law jobs in the real estate industry. It will allow you to gain experience in the real estate industry in the USA before being able to be a real estate agent yourself.

How does USponsorMe work?

We provide valuable job search tools and services to allow you to manage your job search on USponsorMe easily like this:

1. Find jobs that match your profile and expectations

• Get automatically matched with your ideal jobs by completing your profile.
• Use our advanced filters to get job results tailored to your profile and expectations.
• Set up your job search preferences to be alerted by email when the perfect jobs for you are posted.
• Save the jobs you like the best to find them later on.

2. Create your American ATS-friendly resume & cover letter

• Use our 400+ pre-written phrases to write your experience in the American way on your resume.
• Use our real-time keyword-matching feature to improve your resume ranking in the ATSs and increase your chance of landing interviews.
• Download your American ATS-friendly resume in 1-click, and pass the ATS when you apply (which blocks 75% of candidates).
• Get your resume reviewed by our team of experts and stand out from the crowd.
• Write your cover letter in the American way with our cover letter e-course and examples.

3. Apply for jobs and follow your application with recruiters

• Apply for jobs.
• Direct message internal recruiters to follow up with your application.

4. Send unsolicited applications to sponsor companies

• Extend your job search by sending unsolicited applications to sponsor companies that might be interested in your profile.

All our companies work with lawyers in immigration law or J-1 sponsor organizations. When you get a job offer from an employer, they will put you in touch with their lawyer or J1 sponsor organization(s) for your visa petition filling.

Lost? Check the notifications on your dashboard at any time to see your next step.

How long does it take to find a U.S.-based job and get a visa with USponsoMe?

The time it takes to get a job varies depending on the number of qualified jobs you apply for monthly, the quality of your applications, and your performance at job interviews. A USponsorMe member with a verified USponsorMe resume who is very active in job search usually gets the ideal job offer with visa sponsorship within 3-6 months.

The time to get a visa varies depending on the visa. TN for Canadians usually takes 2 weeks and 4 weeks for Mexicans. For J-1, H-1B at cap-exempt companies, O-1 if you have all documents ready, and E-3 usually takes 6 weeks. For H-1B and H-1B1, it usually takes 8 to 10 months, and petitions should be submitted once a year, in March. For H-1B, if you have not graduated from the USA with a master’s degree, you may have a 70% chance of not being picked at the lottery, waiting for next year to resubmit, and so on. For an EB-3 that does not fall into schedule A, the sponsorship process may last two to three years and can be even longer for some citizens, such as Chinese and Indians, as the company may have to prove you do not take the job from an American (the PERM). Here, you can see the details of the process timeline for each visa.

The timeframe for getting a job offer and visa cannot overlap. So, if you take 8 months to get a job offer and 6 weeks to obtain your visa, it will be 10 months. Another example is that if you take 8 months to get a job offer, the deadline to submit your petition is 3 months after you get your job offer, and it takes 10 months to obtain your visa, which will be 21 months.

Do I need a lawyer in immigration law to fill out my visa petition?

No, you don’t if you do not need a specific defense on your case.

Our companies work with their lawyers. When you get a job offer from an employer, he will put you in contact with his lawyer’s office. The company’s lawyer will assist you with your visa application.

How long has USponsorMe been around?

We have 8 years of experience in the U.S. immigration process and the U.S. job search market for Foreigners!

Sarah Papasodaro and Maxime Hilaire, two French people, founded USponsorMe in 2017 after going through the nightmarish job-finding and visa sponsorship process.

In 2014, Sarah got her job in New Jersey, and Max got his job in New York City. Their respective companies sponsored each for a work visa. During the following five years, they underwent several visa-filling processes, such as E-1, E-2, H-1B, and the Green Card.

They know how painful it is. That’s why they created the platform they would have loved to have five years ago.

USponsorMe is now based in Austin, TX, and registered in Texas. USponsorMe has also expanded to the “sister” site, USponsorMe Exchange.