For candidates who will need a visa
Spend your applications
on employers that sponsor.
Talenry flags every listing whose employer has H-1B petitions on record with USCIS, and lets you filter on it alongside E-Verify. Know before you apply, not after the offer.
Why it matters
"Will you need sponsorship?"
ends more searches than any interview.
An H-1B is filed by the employer, not by you. Whether a company will do that is its decision, made role by role, and many employers never file at all. A posting rarely says so; the question arrives as a checkbox on the form or a line in a recruiter's first email, and the answer ends the conversation.
USCIS publishes which employers have filed H-1B petitions, and what it decided on them, in its H-1B Employer Data Hub (opens in a new tab). Few people check it listing by listing. Talenry does, and puts the result on every job next to salary and location.
It is a record, not a promise: an employer that filed last year can still say no this year. But it moves your applications toward the companies where sponsorship is a real possibility, and away from the ones where it has never happened.
How it works in Talenry
The filter is the start,
not the whole search.
- Filter on visa sponsorship and E-Verify separately. They answer different questions: will this employer sponsor an H-1B, and can this job support a STEM OPT extension. Ask either, or both.
- Rank what is left by fit. Match scores weigh your skills, experience and goals against each posting, so the eligible roles you see first are the ones worth your time.
- Tailor and apply with your approval. Talenry rewrites your resume and cover letter for each role from what is already in your profile and submits within the limits you set.
- Practice before the interview. Voice mock interviews tailored to the role, scored with concrete rewrites.
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Sponsorship and the data,
the short answers.
What does the visa sponsorship flag on a listing mean?
That the employer behind the listing has filed H-1B petitions before, according to the H-1B Employer Data Hub that USCIS publishes. It is a record of past filings, matched to the company behind each listing. It is not a statement about this particular role.
Where does the sponsorship data come from?
From the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, which publishes, for each employer and fiscal year from 2009 on, the first decisions USCIS made on its H-1B petitions, for initial and continuing employment. Talenry matches that record to the company behind each listing, the same way it matches the E-Verify list.
Does a sponsorship flag mean this job will sponsor me?
No. The employer decides whether to sponsor, role by role and candidate by candidate, and a company that filed petitions last year can decline this year. The flag tells you where sponsorship is a real possibility and spares you employers with no record of it. Confirm with the employer before you count on it.
Is visa sponsorship the same as E-Verify?
No. E-Verify is enrollment in the federal work-authorization system, and it decides whether a job can support a STEM OPT extension. H-1B sponsorship is a separate decision by the employer. Talenry filters on the two separately, so you can ask either question or both.
What about employers that are not subject to the H-1B cap?
USCIS does not count H-1B workers petitioned for by an institution of higher education, its affiliated or related nonprofit entities, a nonprofit research organization or a government research organization against the annual cap. Their petitions appear in the same USCIS data, so those employers carry the same flag.
Is the sponsorship filter free?
Yes, for everyone, always. The job board, your match score on every job, and the visa sponsorship and E-Verify filters are free whether or not you are on a plan.
This page explains how Talenry's filter works. It is not immigration advice: whether a role can be sponsored is the employer's decision, and an immigration attorney or your DSO has the final word on your own eligibility.