How to check visa sponsorship on any job board (LinkedIn, Otta, YC, Reed)

Some of the most promising visa-sponsored jobs often hide beyond LinkedIn or Indeed.

There are many niche job boards like Welcome to the Jungle (Otta), Wellfound, and YC Jobs that are great for people looking for roles in their specific fields.

I've personally heard so many stories of people finding roles at startups that primarily advertise on these sites.

The problem is, the built-in visa sponsorship filters on most of these websites are pretty unreliable and often waste more time than they save.

A few examples:

1. Welcome to the Jungle (Otta): Every listing says the exact same thing under sponsorship: “Ask the hiring team for more information.”

2. Reed: It technically has a sponsorship filter, but most listings are just recruitment agencies spamming generic roles, often misleading candidates with promises of sponsorship.

3. Google Jobs: If you type “Sponsorship Jobs,” you’ll mostly get listings that say “no sponsorship”, because it just picks up the word “sponsorship” in the job description.

The fix: check sponsorship on any website

To fix these annoying problems, we launched a new feature on the UK Visa Sponsorship Checker where you can check sponsorship details on any website—LinkedIn, Indeed, Otta, Wellfound, YC Jobs, Reed, or any niche board.

You just highlight the key details from any job post, and the extension instantly tells you:

• Whether the company or role has been sponsored before (with exact sponsorship history).
• The salary thresholds and estimates for that role.

That way, you can apply to roles where you actually stand a chance.