Which EOR providers sponsor work visas

Many can, in some countries. Of the 85 employer of record providers BestEOR.co tracks, 65 say on their own pages that they obtain or sponsor work visas or permits for the people they employ for you, and 3 that a partner delivers it. For 17 we found nothing either way on their public pages. 29 state that they are the sponsor on the permit as the employer of record. Availability is country by country, so confirm the exact country, visa type and timeline before you make an offer. Read from each provider's own pages between October 10 and October 17, 2026.

Among providers that state a number, the widest are Acumen International, 190+ countries; TopSource Worldwide, 164 countries (global mobility services); Skuad (Payoneer), 160+ countries (its mobility services); Tarmack, 150+ countries; Mauve Group, 150+ countries (its visa and immigration service). 50 of the 68 providers that offer visa support say where it is available; the rest decide per country or per case. A country appearing on a provider's EOR coverage list does not mean it can get a visa there.

Few providers publish it. 6 of the 85 publish a price for their visa service, 4 say it is included in the EOR fee, and 23 say it is priced separately or on request without a figure. The published prices: Tarmack, from $999 per work permit or visa; RemotePeople (formerly Horizons), $199/mo base plus government fees (visa page); Native Teams, per country, for example £8,200 for a UK Skilled Worker permit; RemotePass, from $549/mo (Visa Sponsorship add-on); Acclime, US$3,500 per work permit, US$800 per dependant visa (Malaysia); Plane, $2,000 setup plus $200/mo while the visa lasts. Government filing fees, translations and legal costs usually come on top, and a monthly management fee can apply for as long as the sponsored visa is active, so ask for the full cost and the timeline in writing.

The Home Office's sponsor guidance restricts sponsoring someone who does the job for another organisation, which is how an EOR hire works. It says the sponsor "must be whoever has full responsibility for all of the duties, functions and outcomes or outputs of the job" (S1.34), that a sponsor cannot sponsor a worker where "the job amounts to the hiring out of the worker to another organisation (third party) who is not the sponsor to fill a position with them" (S1.36), and that it will revoke the licence of a sponsor found supplying workers as labour for a routine role (S1.38). 8 tracked providers say on their own pages that they can sponsor UK Skilled Worker visas, while Rippling, Safeguard Global and Teamed say an EOR generally cannot, or that they do not. Ask any EOR that offers UK sponsorship how its arrangement meets those paragraphs, or sponsor the worker through your own UK company. Quoted from the version of October 8, 2026.

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (edition of October 9, 2026), the UK companies of 15 tracked providers hold a worker licence: Acumen International, Deel, Employment Hero, Hawksford, Mauve Group, Multiplier, Parakar, Playroll, Remote, Rippling, Safeguard Global, TMF Group, TopSource Worldwide, Velocity Global (Pebl) and Vistra. Each company is tied to its provider by the provider's own pages or by Companies House. A licence lets a company sponsor workers; it does not show that the provider uses it for the people it employs for clients, so ask.

What the providers say varies. Acumen International: says it takes on visa and work permit sponsorship for expatriate staff it employs in the US. Skuad (Payoneer): offers US work permit and visa services only to companies that use it as their EOR. Tarmack: its glossary says it helps secure H-1B visas by acting as sponsor and petitioner. Deel: its country list includes US O-1, L-1, H-1B, TN and E-2 visas, 6 to 12 months. RemotePass: its US work visa guide says it manages work permits and visa sponsorship end to end. NES Fircroft: manages the full US and Canadian immigration process, including sponsorship support. NNRoad: says US visa applications and sponsorship analysis are separate services from its standard EOR. Safeguard Global: says an EOR is not a general path to US visa sponsorship. Justworks, Rippling, Velocity Global (Pebl) and G-P (Globalization Partners) present their EOR as an alternative instead: employ the person where they live, so no US visa is needed.