Work eligibility should be the first thing a recruiter checks for. It is almost always the last. You find someone great, run the rounds, agree on a number, and only then ask whether they can actually work where you need them. The answer comes late and from an expensive lawyer consultation, where you walk in cold and they answer only what you put in front of them.
The problem is there has never been a tool that summarizes your options from the get-go. Something that tells you, in seconds, what visas a candidate might qualify for before you ever book the call. So we built one.
What the Visa Checker does
See visa options a candidate may qualify for
Check processing times and US embassy wait times
Review key requirements and documents
Reach official government resources
Check eligibility in 10 seconds, before you sink a cycle into the hire
You do not need a lawyer to get oriented. You need three inputs: the person’s passport, where you want them, and their job category. Put those into the Visa Checker and it returns the visa types that person might qualify for. Passport in, destination in, role in, options out.
That is the whole point. Before you invest a hiring cycle, you know whether the path is short, long, or a wall.
The three buckets it returns: work, talent, and business visas
The Checker sorts options into three buckets, and each one tells you something different.
Work visas
The standard employer-sponsored routes.
Talent visas
For people who clear a higher bar on their own merits.
Business visas
Founders, transfers, and people moving to build.
Work visas are the standard employer-sponsored routes. Talent visas are for people who clear a higher bar on their own merits, which often means faster and less dependent on you. Business visas cover founders, transfers, and people moving to build something.
If a candidate shows up with a talent option, that is good news. It usually means more flexibility and less paperwork on your side. If the only path is a sponsored work visa, you now know you are signing up for a process, and you can plan for it instead of discovering it.
Embassy wait times matter as much as the visa itself
A visa someone qualifies for is not the same as a visa they can get next week. That is why the Checker also shows current US embassy appointment wait times. A perfect eligibility match behind a five-month appointment queue is a very different hire than one behind a two-week queue.
Knowing the visa is half the picture. Knowing the timeline is the other half.
What to do next: the cost, then the lawyer
Once you know the options, two questions follow: how long, and how much.
For the money side, the visa is one line in a much bigger number. Send the route through the Cost Estimator to see immigration, relocation, and the rest itemized.
For the legal side, this is where a real immigration lawyer comes in. The difference is that you now walk into that call already informed. You know the buckets, you know the likely path, you know the timeline you are up against. The conversation goes from “where do we even start” to “let’s confirm this and move.”
Why we made it free
We made the Visa Checker free on purpose. When everyone understands their options, things move. A recruiter who knows the path, a founder who knows the timeline, a candidate who knows what to expect. Nobody is waiting on an answer, and nobody is guessing. Educating everyone we work with, up front, is how we execute at speed.
The honest caveat: this informs the conversation, it isn’t legal advice
The Checker educates you. It does not replace an immigration attorney, and nothing here is legal advice. Individual cases turn on details no tool sees, and you should confirm the path with a professional before you make promises to anyone.
But you can stop treating eligibility as the thing you find out too late. Ten seconds up front turns a month-long surprise into a decision you make with your eyes open. Check the options first, then go have the smarter conversation.
Check a candidate’s options in 10 seconds.
Try the Visa Checker