How to Obtain Corporate Sponsorship
To obtain a corporate sponsorship, make sure you do the following:
- Choose companies with values more aligned to yours.
- Give something back to them.
- Have a strong, clear, engaging proposal.
- Don’t wait until right before your event to ask for a sponsorship.
- If you know how much money you need, ask for it outright.
Employment Visa Sponsorship
Will you now or in the future require sponsorship to work within the United States? Answer: Yes, because you will require work authorization once your student immigration status ends. You may also explain your situation during initial outreach by the company if/when they contact you for the position.
H-1B Visa Sponsorship
An employer is not required by law to sponsor for an H-1B visa a candidate who is not eligible to work in the United States. To sponsor an H-1B visa holder, the job must be a "specialty position," and an employer needs to file a Labor Condition Application (LCA) to start the process.
Minimum Income Requirement for Immigrant Sponsorship
For example, in 2021, a sponsor in the U.S. mainland would need to have income (or assets) of at least $33,125 to cover a petitioner who lives alone and is sponsoring one immigrant and two children (that is, a total of four people).
Employment Authorization in the US
To prove employment authorization, USCIS will accept:
- a Social Security card.
- a U.S. birth or birth abroad certificate.
- a Native American tribal document.
- a U.S. citizen ID card.
- a resident citizen ID card, or.
- unexpired employment authorization documents issued by the Department of Homeland Security.
Legally Authorized to Work in the US
If you are legally authorized to work in the US (as in, you are a US citizen, US permanent resident, or in the US with a workers Visa) then the answer is Yes. Otherwise, you should answer No, in which case the employer may or may not assist you in getting legal authorization to work in the US.