Built for international students

Find jobs that
actually hire you.
Not just list you.

Sponsorship history based on public DOL H1B LCA data. OPT/CPT deadline awareness. Filtered to roles requiring 0–1 years of experience. The platform every job board forgot to build.

0 F-1 students in the U.S.
0 platforms built specifically for them
0 applications sent by one student · still waiting real story from r/f1visa
The Reality

Every platform is broken
for people like us.

You already knew this. 200 applications, 5 replies, all rejections. The system isn't broken — it was never built for you.

Visa filter relies on self-reporting

LinkedIn's visa filter relies on employer self-reporting with no independent verification. There's no upfront sponsorship confirmation before you apply.

→ 4,000 apps · 0 sponsorship clarity

Ghost interviews

Interviewer never shows. No reschedule. No explanation. Company moves on. You're left wondering what you did wrong — you did nothing wrong.

→ A widely shared experience across r/f1visa and r/cscareerquestions

OPT clock terror

Every rejection isn't just a setback — it's one day closer to having to leave the country. No platform acknowledges this exists.

→ 40 days left · 1,200 apps sent

No entry-level standards enforced

"Entry level — 2-3 years experience required." No platform enforces this. No platform calls it out. It's everywhere, on every platform, every day.

→ A pattern reported constantly across student job-search communities
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Why do I feel so subhuman just because I'm an international student?

r/f1visa · 78 upvotes · one of thousands
What firstpath fixes

Built around
how you actually search.

Jobs sourced from public ATS career boards including Greenhouse and Lever. Listings refreshed every 24 hours and removed after 14 days.

Sponsorship history

We cross-reference every listing against the company's public H1B LCA filing history with the U.S. Department of Labor. Past filings, not promises.

H1B records CPT eligible OPT ready STEM extension

H1B LCA filing history indicates a company has sponsored visas in the past. It does not guarantee sponsorship for any individual application. Data sourced from DOL OFLC public disclosure files, updated quarterly.

Google 14 yr history
Microsoft 12 yr history
Ramp 3 yr history
Mystery Co. 0 yr history No data

Company names shown for illustrative purposes only.

OPT/CPT awareness

Set your OPT or CPT end date. We surface roles that fit your timeline and remind you when your window is narrowing. Your dates stay on your device only.

Filtered to 0–1 year experience

We filter out any listing requiring more than 1 year of professional experience. If it says entry level but requires 3 years, it does not appear here.

Fresh listings only

Listings sourced directly from company ATS career pages. Auto-removed after 14 days. Community flagging coming soon.

Community signals Coming Soon

Coming soon — students will report real experiences. Ghost rate, response time, actual sponsorship behavior. The data companies don't want you to have.

Application tracker

Kanban board built in. Track every application, every status, every follow-up — without a separate spreadsheet. Your whole search in one place.

The Founder
International student · CS
F-1 student 200+ apps sent
Why I built this

I sent over 200 applications. Got 5-6 replies — all rejections. I built my own job scraper and resume optimizer just to survive the search. One day I found a Reddit post that said, "Why do I feel so subhuman just because I'm an international student?" — 78 people upvoted it. Thousands more felt it but never said it.

Every tool I tried was built for people who don't need visa sponsorship. Every filter was broken. Every listing could be a ghost. I was angry. So I'm building the platform I wish existed — for me and for every international student who's been failed by a system that was never designed to see them.

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