# GovParse Visa Sponsor Search

> GovParse Visa Sponsor Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.govparse.io, paid per call via x402, $1.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Search DOL OFLC disclosure data to find which employers sponsor H-1B visas or PERM green cards, with filing counts by program, case status, and occupation.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.govparse.io/v1/sponsors/search
- Price: $1.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/govparse-visa-sponsor-search-dafdafcb
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_svBipTMiN7aWpc-SQjzee

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability govparse-visa-sponsor-search-dafdafcb
```

Example prompt: Can you find which employers in Washington and California sponsor H-1B visas for software developers (SOC code 15-1252)? Show me up to 25 results for certified LCA filings from fiscal year 2023 to 2025.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to identify which specific employers actively sponsor H-1B (LCA) or PERM green card applications, especially when filtering by geography, occupation, case status, or time period. Prefer this over general employer search APIs when immigration sponsorship history is the core question — e.g., job seekers targeting visa-friendly employers, immigration attorneys vetting employer track records, or recruiters benchmarking sponsorship activity by role.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned when employer name fragment is too specific or misspelled
- Empty result set if the SOC code has no matching LCA filings for the given filters
- Invalid state code or program type causes a 400 bad request
- Fiscal year out of available data range returns empty results
- Rate limit or payment failure returns 402 or 429 error
- Pagination offset beyond total result count returns empty array

## How this service works

Which employers sponsor work visas or green cards? Search DOL OFLC disclosure data by employer name, state, program (LCA/H-1B vs PERM), case status, fiscal year, or SOC occupation code. Returns per-employer filing counts (total, LCA, PERM, certified, denied) — the shortlist behind 'who sponsors H-1B for this role?'

## Output

Returns a list of employer records matching the search criteria, each including the employer name, state, total filing count, LCA filing count, PERM filing count, number of certified filings, and number of denied filings. Supports pagination via limit and offset.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [],
   "properties": {
    "name": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "amazon"
     ],
     "description": "Employer name fragment, punctuation-insensitive. Example: 'amazon'."
    },
    "limit": {
     "type": "integer",
     "examples": [
      25
     ],
     "description": "Max rows (default 25, cap 100)."
    },
    "state": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "WA"
     ],
     "description": "Employer HQ state code(s), CSV. Example: 'WA,CA'."
    },
    "offset": {
     "type": "integer",
     "examples": [
      0
     ],
     "description": "Rows to skip, for paging."
    },
    "program": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "LCA"
     ],
     "description": "LCA (H-1B and related) | PERM (green-card labor certification). CSV for both."
    },
    "soc_code": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "15-1252"
     ],
     "description": "Only sponsors with LCA filings in this SOC occupation. Example: 15-1252 (software developers)."
    },
    "case_status": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "CERTIFIED"
     ],
     "description": "CERTIFIED | DENIED | WITHDRAWN | CERTIFIED - WITHDRAWN, CSV for multiple."
    },
    "fiscal_year_max": {
     "type": "integer",
     "examples": [
      2026
     ],
     "description": "Latest federal fiscal year to include."
    },
    "fiscal_year_min": {
     "type": "integer",
     "examples": [
      2026
     ],
     "description": "Earliest federal fiscal year to include."
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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