How to check which employers actually sponsor H-1B
A posting that says it will sponsor is not a filing record. Check the USCIS employer data, the Labor Department filings, the debarment list and the posting itself, in that order.
A posting that says “will sponsor” is not a filing record, and a long filing record is not a promise about your job. Three public records and the posting itself, read in that order, show who actually sponsors H-1B and who only says so.
What sponsoring means, and what you can check
To sponsor an H-1B, an employer or its agent files Form I-129 with USCIS, after the Department of Labor certifies a Labor Condition Application. So the question is not only whether a company is willing to sponsor. Does it actually file, and would it file for your role? Each record below answers a different part.
| Record | It shows | It does not show |
|---|---|---|
| USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub | Which employers got a first decision on H-1B petitions, by fiscal year, city and state | Whether the employer will file for your role |
| Labor Department LCA files | Which employers filed labor condition applications that got a determination | Cases still being processed |
| Labor Department debarment list | Employers disqualified for willful violations | How often an employer files |
| The posting | What the employer says now, for one role | What happens after you apply |
Look the employer up in the USCIS data hub
The hub covers fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 2026 (quarter 3), so the latest year is partial, and it counts only the first decision on each petition, which means pending petitions are left out. Three steps.
- Search the employer’s name, then narrow by state or city.
- Read the approved and denied counts for each fiscal year.
- Compare the last four digits of the tax ID when two similar names appear.
| Hub field | What it means |
|---|---|
| Count | Workers approved or denied, not petitions |
| Fiscal year | When USCIS first recorded the decision |
| Tax ID | Only the last four digits of the petitioner’s number |
| City and state | The employer’s mailing address, not necessarily where the worker sits |
| Industry code | Two digits; 99 means unknown |
Petitioners type their own entries on paper forms, so names and places may be wrong or missing. Treat odd spellings with care. Cap-exempt employers are the exception to the usual limit. Higher education institutions, their affiliated nonprofits, nonprofit research organizations and government research organizations are exempt from the annual cap of 65,000 new statuses.
Cross-check the Labor Department filings
An employer files the labor condition application electronically, and a certified one lets it go on to USCIS. That is a step toward a petition, not an approved one. The Labor Department also publishes its filings in files that come out each quarter. They read differently from the hub.
| USCIS data hub | Labor Department files | |
|---|---|---|
| Counts | Workers at the first decision | Applications with a determination |
| Covers | Fiscal year 2009 to 2026 (quarter 3) | 1 October 2025 to 30 June 2026 |
| Names the employer by | Name and last four tax ID digits | Name only; tax IDs are excluded |
| Leaves out | Pending petitions | Cases still being processed |
Because the Labor Department files drop tax IDs, you can only match on name and state. A similar name in another state is probably a different employer until a second record ties the two together.
Check the debarment list
The Wage and Hour Division keeps a list of employers it has disqualified from the H-1B program for willful violations. You can check the employer’s name against it before an offer depends on a filing.
| Employer | Debarment period |
|---|---|
| GowraTech, LLC | 2025-05-12 to 2027-05-11 |
| Renotek Group LLC | 2025-08-08 to 2027-08-07 |
| Seeloz, Inc. | 2026-03-04 to 2028-03-03 |
| Sherwood at Mount Dora, Inc. (Sherwood Academy) | 2026-05-26 to 2028-05-25 |
| Da Vinci at Hunters Creek, Inc. (Da Vinci Academy) | 2026-08-03 to 2028-08-02 |
| Sadup Softech LLC | 2026-09-24 to 2028-09-23 |
The list changes, so read the current page rather than a copy, and remember that a name that is missing only means no disqualification is posted there.
Read the posting last
A filing record is history. The posting is what the employer says now. Most say nothing. On the Mynga Visa Jobs board, 730 of the 83,858 postings read state that the employer sponsors, from 18 employers, and 7,027 state that it will not. The other 76,101 are silent, which is neither a no nor a yes.
- 84,453US postings on the board
- 2,393employers
- 730say they sponsor, from 18 employers
- 76,101could sponsor: the posting does not rule it out
- Say they sponsor730
- Say they will not sponsor7,027
- Could sponsor: the posting does not rule it out76,101
- Not read yet595
Mynga Visa Jobs; stance is tagged from the posting text by rules plus a local model, so a fuller read may move postings, October 8, 2026. Counts of postings; refreshed on a schedule.
A silent posting is a question for the recruiter, and the answer on whether the employer files H-1B petitions for the role is worth having in writing before you apply, since the posting itself cannot tell you.
Check an employer in four steps
| Step | Where | A pass looks like | It still does not prove |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USCIS data hub | Approved workers under the employer’s name in recent fiscal years | That the employer files for your role |
| 2 | Labor Department files | Applications with a determination under the same name and state | An approved petition |
| 3 | Debarment list | The name is absent | That the employer files at all |
| 4 | The posting | A stated yes for the role | An offer |
Verdict
The hub and the Labor Department files show whether an employer files, and the debarment list names the ones that lost the right. Only the posting or the recruiter speaks for your role, and that is the part no public record can settle for you. Four checks are worth running before a silent posting gets your application.
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Sources:USCIS - H-1B Specialty Occupations, USCIS - H-1B Employer Data Hub, USCIS - Understanding Our H-1B Employer Data Hub, U.S. Department of Labor - OFLC performance data and LCA disclosure files, U.S. Department of Labor - Labor Condition Application (FLAG), U.S. Department of Labor - H-1B Debarred/Disqualified List of Employers, Mynga Visa Jobs (our own product).
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