Peer support specialist visa sponsorship

Yes. From 1 October 2025 to 30 June 2026, the US Labor Department certified 13 H-1B applications for peer support specialists from 8 employers and 12 green card (PERM) applications from 9 employers. On this board tonight, 7 open mental health jobs say in their own posting that they sponsor a visa.

By certified applications in that period: Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Inc. (6), The Community Builders, Inc. (1) and Community Service Options, Inc (1). 8 employers filed at least one; the full list has the 8 that filed the most.

By certified PERM applications in that period: Bfrin (3), Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Inc. (2) and Ability To Help Therapy Group LLC (1). 9 employers filed at least one (the list).

The median of the lowest hourly rate each H-1B application offered was $25.75 an hour; for green card applications, $19.43. BLS measured a US median of $22.08 an hour for peer support specialists (their pay). An H-1B employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the job and the place, so a sponsored worker is paid like anyone in the same job.

H-1B worksites, most applications first: Massachusetts, Ohio, Maryland, New York and Illinois. Green card worksites: Massachusetts, New York, Wisconsin, Florida and Georgia.

Yes, when a US employer files for it; the worker cannot apply for the visa alone. For peer support specialists the usual route is the H-1B, a temporary work visa for jobs that need at least a bachelor's degree: 8 employers had 13 applications certified from 1 October 2025 to 30 June 2026 (the list), and 9 employers filed 12 green card applications for permanent jobs. Most open jobs, on this board and elsewhere, hire people already allowed to work in the US, and a job that sponsors says so in its posting. Write to the sponsoring employers above directly, and never pay anyone a fee for a job offer or a visa: honest employers do not ask for one (FTC: job scams).

From the Office of Foreign Labor Certification's disclosure files for 1 October 2025 to 30 June 2026, published 2026-08-07. Only applications the Labor Department certified are counted, each read as an occupation by its own job title. A certified application is not yet a visa: USCIS decides the petition after it. CareJobs.Now rebuilds these figures each quarter the files are published.