Immigration Bridge

Get help navigating the international hiring process

If you have a solid job opportunity in the United States, but your prospective employer is hesitant about the H-1B visa process, the IU Immigration Bridge® program can help you get an offer—even with companies that don’t typically sponsor students with U.S. work authorization needs.

IU Immigration Bridge is a proactive partnership between your career center, OIS, and a top immigration law firm—Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP—to assist students with H-1B visa needs by streamlining the visa process for potential employers.

While the IU Immigration Bridge program does not guarantee a visa sponsorship, an H-1B visa, or employment, it does improve the likelihood of recruitment both on and off campus for students with U.S. work authorization needs.

When to start the program

Begin the Immigration Bridge program when a job offer from a recruiting company is imminent.

It’s important to plan ahead. The visa process can take several months, with no guarantee of securing an H-1B visa. Employers will cover the full cost of the H-1B visa process.

How it works

If you are a student and need U.S. work authorization during the offer phase with an employer, you should start the Immigration Bridge program application. Here is how the process works:

  1. Inform recruiting companies about the program before filling out the e-form to gauge their interest in participating.
  2. Once you have discussed the program with recruiters, fill out a brief e-form on Atlas. (This authorizes Fragomen to initiate legal consultation with your prospective employer.)
  3. After you fill out the e-form, we will contact the recruiting company for permission to have Fragomen begin the discovery process with the company.
  4. Fragomen will contact you and your recruiting company with a questionnaire.

About Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernson & Loewy LLP

Fragomen is the leading provider of end-to-end corporate immigration services and solutions worldwide. The firm has been practicing global immigration and nationality law exclusively since 1951. Fragomen has a team of legal professionals based out of their Chicago office dedicated to handling immigration matters for firms recruiting IU students.