Do remote jobs sponsor visas?

Rarely. A remote job hires you in a country where you can already work, so there is nothing to sponsor. Sponsorship is for moving to the employer's country, which usually means an onsite or hybrid role there.

Does “must be authorized to work” mean no sponsorship?

Usually, yes. “Must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future” means the employer won't file a visa for you. It doesn't mean citizens only: green card holders and people with their own work permits can apply.

Is it OK to ask about sponsorship before the interview?

Yes, and it saves everyone time. Ask the recruiter on the first call whether they sponsor your specific visa type for this role. Waiting until the offer stage risks losing weeks on a role that was never possible.

Does a company that sponsored before sponsor every role?

No. Sponsorship is decided per role and often per visa type, country and seniority. A company may sponsor senior engineers but not junior roles, or sponsor in one country but not another. Check each listing and ask.

Tech companies that sponsor visas

Right now 209 tech companies on PickedJobs have at least one open job that says it sponsors visas. The table below lists the ones with the most. They are a small group: 3% of open tech listings say the employer sponsors, 8% say it doesn't, and 89% don't mention sponsorship at all.

So silence is the normal case, and it isn't a no. Below is how to read those listings, and what sponsorship involves in the main destination countries.

By PickedJobs · Updated November 7, 2026 · Live figures from 62,231 open jobs, as of November 11, 2026 (method)

Companies with the most open jobs that offer sponsorship

A job counts when its listing says the employer sponsors or transfers work visas. The number is how many of that company's open jobs say so right now; follow a company to see its roles.

Company	Open jobs offering sponsorship
Anthropic	325
Wayve	125
Verkada	101
Clera	78
Reflection	36
Kodiak	33
Thinking Machines Lab	30
Monzo	29
Docker	26
Prime Intellect	25
Bounteous	23
PayPay	23
Archer	22
Inferact	22
Wispr Flow	22
ClickUp	21
Exa	21
Fab2	21
Wheely	21
HUD	19
Referrals Only	19
Firecrawl	18
Ivo Inc.	18
Telnyx	16
Zyphra	16
Affirm	15
Niural	15
Embedding VC	14
amo	13
Latitude AI	13

This is a list of what listings say, not a guarantee. A company that sponsors senior backend engineers in London may not sponsor a junior role in New York. Read the listing, then ask.

Where the sponsoring jobs are

Each job counts once for every region it hires in.

Hiring region	Jobs offering sponsorship	All open jobs
US	1,304	35,303
UK	278	6,894
Europe	247	12,471
Asia-Pacific	160	6,171
Canada	73	6,104
Middle East & Africa	42	3,442
India	37	5,848
Latin America	26	6,059

Of the listings that mention sponsorship either way, 26% offer it. More detail is in the market statistics.

How to read a listing that doesn't mention sponsorship

Clear yes: “visa sponsorship available”, “we sponsor visas”, “relocation and immigration support”.
Clear no: “must be authorized to work in [country] without sponsorship now or in the future”, “we are unable to sponsor”. Some government and defense roles also require citizenship or a security clearance.
Silent: most listings. Bigger companies with an immigration team or offices in several countries sponsor more often than small startups, but the only way to know is to ask.

Ask on the first recruiter call, and name the visa: “Do you sponsor H-1B transfers for this role?” gets a more useful answer than “Do you sponsor?”

Remote jobs and sponsorship

A remote job hires you where you already have the right to work, so it almost never comes with a visa. If you want to stay where you are and work for a foreign employer, look for remote roles open to your country instead; our guide to getting a remote US job from another country covers how that works. Read what “Remote (US)” means before applying to US remote roles from abroad.

What sponsorship means in the main destinations

A general orientation only. Immigration rules, fees and salary thresholds change often, so check the official source and the employer's immigration team before relying on any of this.

United States. The main employer-sponsored work visa is the H-1B. It is capped, and most new petitions go through an annual selection process; universities and some non-profit research organizations are exempt from the cap. Other routes include the O-1 for people with extraordinary ability, the L-1 for transfers within the same company after working for it abroad, and TN status for Canadian and Mexican citizens in listed professions. Fees and selection rules changed in 2025; see USCIS.
United Kingdom. The Skilled Worker visa needs a job offer from an employer licensed by the Home Office, which issues a certificate of sponsorship. You can check any employer on the register of licensed sponsors. Salary and skill thresholds apply.
Canada. Express Entry leads to permanent residence without an employer. Employer-backed work permits usually need a labour market impact assessment (LMIA); the Global Talent Stream is a faster track used for many tech roles.
European Union. The EU Blue Card needs a job offer above a salary threshold that each country sets. Germany has a lower threshold for shortage occupations including IT. In the Netherlands, the highly skilled migrant route needs an employer recognised by the IND, which publishes a public register.
Australia. The main employer-sponsored temporary visa is the Skills in Demand visa (still subclass 482), which replaced the Temporary Skill Shortage visa in December 2024.

How to find sponsoring roles on PickedJobs

Every job page shows whether the listing offers sponsorship, says it doesn't, or doesn't say. The visa sponsorship jobs collection lists only the roles that offer it. If you are also open to relocating within Europe, read how to find a remote tech job in Europe as well.