Candidates on the O-1 path answer “yes” to the sponsorship question and vanish from applicant systems — before anyone reads the résumé. O1DMatch shows you exactly those people. Your part is one page, and it isn’t a petition.
Paste a link to any role you have open — your careers page, LinkedIn, anywhere. We check it against candidates on O1DMatch who have already built an O-1 evidence record, and a person comes back to you with who matches and how engaging them works. If nobody matches, we say so.
Application systems ask one question that ends the conversation before it starts: "Will you now or in the future require sponsorship?" Candidates on the O-1 path answer yes — and get filtered out automatically. But the honest answer is more interesting:
The market just moved. H-1B registrations fell from 343,981 to 211,600 in one year — a 38.5% drop — and this year's cap closed on July 17, 2026 with no second lottery. The next registration window is approximately March 2027. Companies that relied on the lottery are carrying open roles they cannot fill through it right now. The O-1 has no cap, no lottery, and files year-round.
The agent-based O-1 structure is how organizations like Team Canelo, the Raiders, the Packers, the Chargers, NASCAR teams, ONE Championship, Top Rank, the NBA G League and others engage extraordinary-ability talent without becoming the petitioner. That is the visa category's track record across sport, media and finance — and the same structure O1DMatch runs for technical talent.
The form above. We check it against real evidence records and reply with matches — or with a straight "no match yet."
Create a free employer account and post the role yourself. No card required.
Request a call back. If this is going to your leadership first, send them the one-pager.
No. The candidate's case is filed through an authorized agent or petitioner — your company does not file, you do not pay the USCIS filing fee, and you are not running an H-1B sponsorship process.
Nothing. Checking a role, posting a role, and receiving matches are free, and no payment method is collected anywhere in the flow.
A short, non-binding statement that your company would engage the candidate if they are authorized to work. It is not an offer, not a contract, and not a petition. See the full description.
The agent-based O-1 is an established structure in the regulations, used for decades in sport and entertainment. The legal read belongs to your attorney; the employer and itinerary problem belongs to O1DMatch.
