For founders and heads of people

Your international employees can get green cards
without your sponsorship

EB-1A and EB-2 NIW are self-petitioned green card categories. Your employee files as their own petitioner, so there is no H-1B lottery, no PERM labor certification, and your company signs nothing with USCIS. You pay for the benefit, like a 401k match, and your team gets a permanent path to stay.

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The math, honestly

Sponsorship is expensive and uncertain. A self-petitioned green card removes both problems, and the employee carries the case.

~1 in 4

H-1B registrations selected in the initial FY2025 lottery

USCIS reported 470,342 eligible registrations and 120,603 initial selections for FY2025. Sponsorship starts with a lottery your company cannot control.

3 to 4×

A departing employee can cost multiples of their salary to replace

SHRM has published estimates that the total cost of replacing an employee can reach three to four times the position's salary once recruiting, ramp-up, and lost productivity are counted.

What your company files with USCIS for a self-petition

The employee is the petitioner. No lottery registration, no PERM recruitment, no employer petition, no company signature.

There is also the spend you avoid later. Every employee who secures a green card on their own petition is one less H-1B registration, extension, and PERM process your company pays for in the years ahead.

How self-petition works

EB-1A, Extraordinary Ability

For people with a strong record in their field, shown through evidence like publications, judging, original contributions, press, or a high salary. No employer or job offer is required.

EB-2 NIW, National Interest Waiver

For advanced-degree professionals whose work matters to the United States. The usual job offer and labor certification requirements are waived, so the employee can file on their own.

Your employee is the petitioner. You sign nothing.

The petition belongs to the employee, is prepared with a licensed immigration attorney, and follows them even if they change jobs. The honest caveat: not everyone qualifies. These categories have real evidentiary standards, which is why eligibility is checked first, before anyone spends money on a filing.

Any employee can start with our free self-petition eligibility check and see where they stand in a few minutes.

Ways companies work with us

Company-paid access to F-1 Careers

You cover F-1 Careers memberships for your international employees so each of them gets an eligibility assessment, a personal strategy report, and a roadmap toward a self-petition. It starts as a simple invoiced arrangement, no procurement process, no long contract.

Company-sponsored cohort filing

Beta

You fund actual petition preparation for a group of eligible employees, who file together as a cohort with licensed attorneys. Current beta pricing is roughly $2,400 to $2,600 per person. The program is in beta, and final pricing and attorney partnerships are confirmed before a cohort opens. Details at the cohort page.

We are also building a larger employer platform. If that is what you need, mention it in the form below.

What F-1 Careers is not

We are not a law firm, and nothing on this page or in our product is legal advice.
Employees who file do so with licensed immigration attorneys.
Your company never gets access to an individual employee's immigration information without that employee's consent. You fund the benefit; the case belongs to them.

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