Auto-apply on an H-1B: jobs that accept a transfer or will sponsor
Yes. Applier applies to US jobs for you while you hold an H-1B or need one. You tell it your status once: a valid work visa such as H-1B, L-1 or O-1, whether an employer would have to sponsor you, and the date your current visa ends. From then on it reads every job ad for what the employer says about visas, drops the ones that say no, and submits the rest on the employer's own application form. It has no record of which employers have sponsored in the past, and it can't promise that any employer will.
Two H-1B situations, two different searches
You already hold an H-1B and want to move. USCIS says that when you change H-1B employers, you may begin working for the new employer as soon as it properly files a non-frivolous Form I-129 petition on your behalf, or on the start date requested in that petition if that is later. The new employer still has to file. That makes "H-1B transfers welcome" a real category of ad, separate from "we sponsor new visas".
You need a first H-1B. The petition comes from the employer too, and USCIS limits it to a specialty occupation: one that needs a bachelor's or higher degree in a directly related specific specialty. Cap rules and fees have changed more than once recently, so read the USCIS page for the current ones before you plan around a date.
Your H-1B job has ended. USCIS describes a grace period of up to 60 days, or until your authorized stay ends if that is sooner. A new employer's petition filed inside that window is one of the listed ways to stay. Sixty days is short for a job search done by hand.
How Applier reads each ad
Every posting is read for what it says about work visas. For roles you would do remotely, the ad is sorted into one of these rows:
| The ad says | What Applier does when you need sponsorship |
|---|---|
| The employer sponsors new visas | Matches it |
| Transfers of existing visas only | Holds it for your decision if you already have US work authorization; drops it if you have none |
| No sponsorship | Drops it |
| US citizens or green card holders only | Drops it |
| Nothing about visas | Matches it |
"Matches it" means the visa wording didn't rule you out; the role still has to fit your titles, location and pay. Transfer-only remote roles wait in your dashboard instead of going out by themselves, because whether a transfer suits you depends on details an ad doesn't know, such as how long your current status runs. For office and hybrid roles there is no separate hold: the visa wording is weighed with everything else in the ad, and a role that plainly rules you out is left out.
The last row is the weak spot of any tool, ours included. In 8,882 US job ads we read, four in five said nothing about visas, and silence isn't a yes. Applier applies to those, and the sponsorship question on the form settles it. To see whether a silent employer has filed before, use the free H-1B sponsor lookup.
The sponsorship question on the form
Nearly every US application asks whether you are authorized to work and whether you will require sponsorship now or later. Applier takes both answers from your settings. It never picks the answer that looks better. If you hold an H-1B and aren't sure how to answer "will you require sponsorship" for a transfer, settle that with an immigration lawyer first, then set it once in Applier; every application after that uses it.
Any employer site, not a short list
Employers that sponsor come in every size, and they don't share one hiring system. Some use Workday or Greenhouse; plenty run a careers page of their own that asks you to create an account first. Applier isn't tied to a list of supported systems. It fills in and submits whichever form the employer uses, and the verification emails those sites send go to an application mailbox Applier gives you. It doesn't use a job board's quick-apply button and never asks for your job-board logins.
That is the main difference from tools that publish a list of the systems they can submit on. The comparison of auto-apply tools for H-1B and OPT job seekers sets out what each tool's own website says, including Jobright and Tsenta.
After each application: a note to the hiring team
Applier then finds people on the hiring team and sends each a short introduction from your Gmail with your tailored resume attached, followed by two follow-ups. Replies land in your own inbox, which gives you a direct line to someone who can say early whether the company would file a transfer petition, before either side spends an interview on it. You approve each introduction first unless you choose otherwise. See what Applier does with your Gmail.
What it won't do
- Tell you which employers have sponsored before. USCIS publishes that in its H-1B Employer Data Hub; the free H-1B sponsor lookup searches it by employer name.
- Decide whether a role counts as a specialty occupation, or whether your degree relates to it.
- Give legal advice or track USCIS rule changes for you.
Looking for work outside the United States as well? The visa sponsorship guide covers the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, and pricing lists the plans.
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Can Applier apply only to jobs that accept H-1B transfers?
Applier reads what each ad says about work visas. It leaves out roles that refuse sponsorship or are limited to citizens and green card holders, and holds roles that say "transfers only" for you to decide. Ads that say nothing about visas are applied to, so the sponsorship question on the form decides those.
Does Applier know which employers sponsor H-1B visas?
No. Applier works from the wording of each job ad and has no record of past sponsors. USCIS publishes employers that have filed H-1B petitions in its H-1B Employer Data Hub, and the free H-1B sponsor lookup searches it by employer name.
Does Applier work on company career sites that need an account?
Yes. Applier submits on the employer's own application form, whatever system the employer uses, and isn't tied to a list of supported systems. Verification emails from those sites go to an application mailbox Applier gives you. See how Applier works.
Sources
- H-1B Specialty Occupations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2026
- Options for Nonimmigrant Workers Following Termination of Employment, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2026
- H-1B Employer Data Hub, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2026