The fastest way to find visa sponsorship jobs is to work backwards: start from postings that say the employer sponsors, then check that employer on the official records before you spend an evening on the application. In the 30 days to November 7, 2026 our feed flagged about 1,700 postings for sponsorship, most of them in the US and India, with the UK a distant third.
Postings flagged for visa sponsorship, newest first
Live list, refreshed Nov 9, 2026
- U
- F
$180k to $250k - F$180k to $250k
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Postdoctoral Research AssociateUniversity of EdinburghCity of Edinburgh, Scotland · Hybrid · 3 days agoGBP 42k to GBP 50k - A
$173k to $233k - P
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$66k to $106k - P
$145k to $175k - P$180k to $275k
- ASAP Application Security GRC/BTP ConsultantAccenture Federal ServicesWashington, District of Columbia · In-Person · 3 days ago$92k to $179k
Source: Our job data, Nov 9, 2026
Where the visa sponsorship jobs are
| United States | 665 |
| India | 474 |
| United Kingdom | 103 |
| Germany | 50 |
| UAE | 29 |
| Australia | 28 |
| Spain | 26 |
| Canada | 24 |
Country of the job, not of the applicant. For a role based in India or the UAE, read what the posting says the sponsorship covers before assuming it means a move abroad.
Source: Our job data, Nov 9, 2026
| RTX | 41 |
| Amazon | 31 |
| Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG) | 28 |
| PwC | 27 |
| Meta | 27 |
| NTT DATA | 22 |
| PwC India | 20 |
| Accenture | 19 |
| Citi | 13 |
| Northrop Grumman | 13 |
| Microsoft | 13 |
| GSK | 13 |
| Edge Careers | 13 |
| GE Vernova | 12 |
| n8n | 12 |
Postings, not approved visas. Company names appear as posted, so a firm can show up under its global and its local name.
Source: Our job data, Nov 9, 2026
Most of the sponsoring postings we see come from large employers that already run immigration programmes: defence and engineering firms, the big consultancies, banks and tech companies such as Amazon. In the 30 days to November 7, more than 8 in 10 came straight from the employer's own hiring system (Workday, Greenhouse, Ashby, SAP SuccessFactors) rather than a job board.
A few flags look wrong on a quick read. In early November the list included airport ground staff paid about $17 an hour, a kind of job that rarely fits the degree-level rules of the H-1B or the UK Skilled Worker route. Read those as "ask first" rather than "apply now".
US: how H-1B sponsorship works
The H-1B is the main US work visa for degree-level jobs. USCIS defines it as a "specialty occupation" that needs at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field. The employer does the paperwork, not you: it gets a Labor Condition Application certified by the Department of Labor, then files the petition with USCIS. There is an annual cap of 65,000 new H-1Bs, plus 20,000 more for people with a master's degree or higher from a US university.
One detail most job seekers miss: universities, their affiliated nonprofits, nonprofit research organisations and government research organisations are exempt from the cap. They can sponsor at any time of year, with no lottery. If you work in research, start there.
- March
Employer registers you
Your employer enters you in the electronic registration and pays $215 per registration. For the FY 2027 season the window ran from March 4 to March 19, 2026.
- By March 31
Selection
If there are more registrations than visas, USCIS runs a selection. From FY 2027 it is weighted by wage level (see below).
- From April 1
Petition filed
If you are selected, the employer files the full petition within the 90-day window on the selection notice, with the certified Labor Condition Application.
- October 1
Earliest start
Cap-subject H-1B workers can start on October 1 at the earliest, the first day of the fiscal year. Whether this year's cap has been reached is posted on the USCIS cap season page.
How to check whether a US employer sponsors H-1B visas
Two official records, ten minutes
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Search the Department of Labor LCA disclosure files
The DOL performance data page publishes Labor Condition Application data as Excel files by fiscal year. The latest at the time of writing, FY 2026 Q3, covers decisions from October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Filter by employer name to see the job titles, locations and wages it has filed for. An LCA is the step before a petition, so it shows intent to sponsor, not an approved visa.
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Cross-check the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
The Employer Data Hub covers fiscal years 2009 to 2026 and shows USCIS's first decisions on petitions for new and continuing employment. Search by employer name, city or state. It identifies employers by the last four digits of their tax ID, so search the legal name, not the brand.
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Match the job you want to what they filed
A company that files hundreds of LCAs for software engineers may never have sponsored a marketing coordinator. Look for your job title, or something close, in the last two years of filings.
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Ask the recruiter in your first conversation
Do it in the first conversation. The four-line message further down covers it.
UK: Skilled Worker visa jobs and the sponsor register
| Requirement | What GOV.UK says |
|---|---|
| Employer | A UK employer approved by the Home Office (a licensed sponsor) |
| Paperwork | A certificate of sponsorship from that employer, describing your role |
| Job | An eligible occupation: higher skilled, or medium skilled and on an eligible list |
| Salary | At least £41,700 a year or the going rate for the job, whichever is higher (lower rates apply in some cases) |
| English | You must show you can speak, read, write and understand English |
Summary of the Skilled Worker pages on GOV.UK, checked November 7, 2026. Rules change; read the source before you apply.
Source: GOV.UK, Skilled Worker visa
The Home Office publishes the register of licensed sponsors as a CSV file and updates it most working days. We downloaded the 6 November 2026 version: about 122,000 organisations were licensed for the Skilled Worker route. Being on the register means an employer can sponsor, not that it will sponsor you or that it has a vacancy. It does rule out a lot of wasted applications: if an employer is not on the latest list, it cannot sponsor a Skilled Worker visa.
The catch is the name. The register uses legal entity names, which often differ from the brand on the job ad. Even the AI labs that are hiring appear under their UK company names.
| Brand on the job ad | Name on the register |
|---|---|
| Meta | Facebook UK |
| Google (UK) Limited | |
| Amazon | Amazon UK Services Ltd |
| PwC | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
| OpenAI | OpenAI UK Ltd |
| Anthropic | Anthropic Limited |
All six were licensed for the Skilled Worker route in the register dated 6 November 2026. A licence is permission to sponsor, not a job offer.
Source: UK Visas and Immigration, register of licensed sponsors
How to ask about sponsorship without losing the interview
Answer application-form questions about work authorisation truthfully; a wrong answer there can end an offer later. Beyond that, raise sponsorship in the first recruiter conversation, briefly, and pair it with what you already bring. Recruiters plan their shortlist early, and a clear question in week one reads as organised, where the same news in the final round reads as a risk. Keep a couple of questions about the role itself ready too, so the call is not only about paperwork.
Hi [Name], Thanks for the call about the [Job title] role. One practical point before we go further: I'm currently on [your status, e.g. an F-1 visa with OPT until June 2027 / a UK Graduate visa until May 2027] and would need [H-1B sponsorship / a Skilled Worker certificate of sponsorship] to continue in the role. I noticed [Company] has sponsored [similar roles / this route] before. Is sponsorship possible for this position? If it is, I'd like to keep going, and I can share my portfolio and references this week. Best, [Your name]
Questions people ask
Which companies sponsor H-1B visas?
Many do, from big tech, consulting and engineering firms to universities, which are exempt from the annual cap. In our feed the most visa-flagged postings in the 30 days to November 7, 2026 came from RTX, Amazon, PwC and Meta. To check one employer, search its legal name in the DOL LCA files and the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub.
How do I find jobs with visa sponsorship in the UK?
Look for Skilled Worker roles at employers on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, and check that the salary meets the threshold for your occupation. Search the register by the company's legal name, which is often different from its brand.
Can I still get a UK care worker job with visa sponsorship?
Not as a new applicant from abroad. GOV.UK closed the care worker and senior care worker route to new applications on 22 July 2025, with a transition period to 2028 only for people already in these roles in the UK. An agency that offers you one for a fee is running a scam.
Does a remote job need visa sponsorship?
A work visa covers work done inside that country. If you would work remotely from your own country, the question is whether the employer can legally hire and pay people there, which it handles through payroll or an employer-of-record service rather than a visa. Ask the recruiter which countries the role is open to.
Should I pay anything to get sponsored?
In the UK, GOV.UK says you should not pay costs that belong to the employer, such as the sponsor licence fee and the certificate of sponsorship fee, and that a recruitment fee is a scam. In the US, the H-1B registration is filed and paid for by the employer.