Free · 27 curated sponsors · post-Sept 2025 verified
The September 2025 $100,000 fee proclamation tanked the broad sponsor pool. But it does NOT apply to transfers, extensions, or change-of-status for workers already in the US — and it does NOT apply at all to cap-exempt employers. This is the curated list of employers we’ve verified are still filing post-Sept 2025, weighted heavily toward cap-exempt (universities, NIH, teaching hospitals, nonprofit research orgs).
Largest single H-1B sponsor in tech for the past decade. Continues transfers post-Sept 2025; new petitions for outside-US workers paused.
Careers pageContinues sponsoring H-1B transfers + extensions. Google Research / DeepMind have separate research-track sponsorship.
Careers pageLarge H-1B sponsor. Mix of US-citizen + visa-holder workforce.
Careers pagePublic statements + observed LCA filings confirm continued H-1B sponsorship for transfers + extensions. Microsoft Research has heavy postdoc activity.
Filter Microsoft careers by 'Visa Sponsorship: Yes' filter when available. Microsoft Research roles have separate research-track filings.
Careers pageLarge historical H-1B sponsor. Continuing transfers + extensions; selective on new petitions.
Careers pageContinues sponsoring transfers + extensions despite layoff cycles. FAIR research has separate research-track sponsorship.
Careers pageContinues H-1B sponsorship; selective on roles. Apple Machine Learning Research separate from product engineering.
Careers pageTop R1 research university. Heavy STEM faculty + research-staff H-1B sponsorship. Cap-exempt — files any day, no lottery, $100K fee N/A.
CSAIL / SAIL / Wu Tsai / Stanford Health Care all cap-exempt. Postdoc + research-staff slots posted year-round.
Careers pageTop NIH-funded institution. Applied Physics Lab + biomedical research enterprise. Cap-exempt heavyweight.
Careers pageLarge tech-on-Wall-St H-1B sponsor for engineering + data roles.
Careers pageR1 research university. CSAIL, Lincoln Lab, Media Lab sponsor H-1B for research staff and postdocs. Cap-exempt.
Careers pageLargest single H-1B sponsor among private universities. Faculty, research staff, postdocs across medical/STEM/social-sciences. Cap-exempt.
Careers pageContinues sponsoring H-1B transfers + extensions for engineering, quant, and trading roles.
Careers pageFederal medical research. World's largest biomedical research enterprise. Cap-exempt; H-1B-eligible roles concentrated in postdoc/fellow appointments.
Careers pageBiotech. Continues H-1B sponsorship for research scientists + engineers.
Careers pagePayments infra. Continues H-1B sponsorship; growing internationally on EOR.
Careers pageQuant fund + market maker. High-paying engineering H-1B roles; selective.
Careers pageData cloud. Continues H-1B sponsorship for senior engineering + data science.
Careers pageMayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science teaching affiliation. One of the largest medical-research H-1B sponsors. Cap-exempt affiliated nonprofit.
Careers pageLate-stage data infra company. Continues H-1B sponsorship for senior engineering.
Careers pagemRNA biotech. Continues H-1B sponsorship for senior research roles.
Careers pageCornell-affiliated cancer center. Major cap-exempt H-1B sponsor for medical and computational researchers.
Careers pageGenomics research nonprofit, joint with MIT and Harvard. Major H-1B sponsor for computational biologists and bioinformaticians. Cap-exempt.
Careers pageAI lab. Sponsors H-1B for senior research / engineering roles.
Careers pageAI lab, well-capitalized. Selectively sponsors H-1B for senior research / engineering roles.
Careers pageIndependent cancer research center, UW affiliated. Very active cap-exempt H-1B sponsor for medical researchers.
Careers pageBioscience research nonprofit (brain science, immunology, cell science). Major H-1B sponsor for computational biologists. Cap-exempt.
Careers pageMyVisaJobs and H1BGrader pull every employer that filed an LCA ever — including ones that have publicly walked back sponsorship. We exclude those. We also weight the list toward cap-exempt employers because that’s where laid-off H-1B workers can move FAST without lottery uncertainty.
Phase 1 (live) is hand-curated from public USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub patterns + observed LCA filings + careers-page activity. Phase 2 ingests USCIS Data Hub + DOL OFLC LCA disclosure quarterly to enrich + verify. Estimates pending full pipeline.
This is an information-only tool, not legal advice. You are responsible for your decisions. When in doubt, consult an immigration attorney.