I was in USA few times on J1 as an intern. It is the best visa, if you like to hire someone for 3 months internship while someone studies at Universities. Thou

I was in USA few times on J1 as an intern. It is the best visa, if you like to hire someone for 3 months internship while someone studies at Universities. Though this is not H1B replacement, as this visa require that trainee/intern have intern to leave the USA after the program. If you are employer, you need to contact sponsoring organization. For all internships I used: http://culturalvistas.org/programs/us/j-1-internships-training/ http://culturalvistas.org/programs/us/j-1-internships-traini... (they got different name before "CDS International") The paperwork is light, even startups with reasonable funding can get the visa. Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer.