Retain global talent
and build a diverse workforce

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Open Avenues team

We offer unique opportunities in a competitive global economy to enable your company’s success.

Company solutions

Support Your Foreign Talent

Nominate your foreign national employees for the Global Talent Fellowship program, to provide them with an immigration solution and leadership development experience.

Build a New Talent Pipeline

Gain access to a network of top global talent and to graduating students who complete industry-driven projects in your field.

Invest in the Future Workforce

Fill the talent gaps of today with high-skilled foreign nationals while preparing high-potential, diverse student populations with skills and social capital needed to get jobs in your field.

How we do it

Our programming offers a cap-exempt H-1B visa solution to skilled foreign talent.

Our Global Talent Fellowship offers a cap-exempt H-1B visa solution to foreign national professionals who work part-time for Open Avenues preparing students to enter jobs in the fastest growing industries.

We onboard new Fellows in 6-8 weeks, enabling cap-subject companies to file concurrent H-1B visas immediately, at any time of year.

Company Testimonials

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Jas Esber

Koodos Labs

“Our startup has had a great experience with the Open Avenues. They enabled us to hire an incredibly talented creative. The startup ecosystem is powered by talented immigrants, and the Fellowship is doing an incredible job helping drive the growth and success of America's startup ecosystem.”

Jas Esber
Founder

Robert DiFazio

Parallel Bio

“We're very grateful to have learned about the Global Talent Fellowship program, which has been key to hiring and retaining talent in tough-to-find scientific expertise sets. The Open Avenues staff were professional and quick to pull together everything we needed, and is an invaluable resource in the face of an otherwise frustrating and opaque process.”

Robert DiFazio
CEO

Lauren Abda

Branchfood

“Through Open Avenues we were able to retain exceptionally talented people that go above and beyond in their roles and are passionately dedicated to the mission of our work. We developed great trust in the Open Avenues team to help us navigate the process, and are forever grateful for their collaboration and support.”

Lauren Abda
Founder

Mason Zheng

Telegorithm

“Open Avenues has put together a superb program that helps companies move employees to their destination of interest. The process was simple and quick. We were able to not only get our employee over from overseas but we were also able to shepherd his H-1B capped process. Overall, highly recommend OAF as the complete end-to-end solution for your H-1B needs.”

Mason Zheng
Founder

Kendra Heard

Outrider.ai

“Open Avenues has given us peace of mind, not only for our employees but also as a company in helping us retain talent and have a connection to the community. This opportunity gives our employees a chance to practice their leadership and project management skills.”

Kendra Heard
HR Generalist

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