J-1 for retail and grocery, done properly

Which store roles can fit

Customer-facing and sales-floor roles during daytime and evening hours are the usual starting point. Every role is reviewed against program rules before anything is agreed.

Two ways to host

Alto as host employer: where our structure meets program requirements, participants are Alto employees. We employ and pay them, provide full-time on-site supervision and control the worksite.

You as host employer: your company hosts the participants. We manage readiness, sponsor matching, paperwork, housing, transportation and support. Participant orientation is run by the sponsor.

Sponsors screen and select every participant. Participants work in eligible seasonal roles only: no warehouse or distribution work, no jobs worked mostly between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., and no jobs that need a driver’s license. Participants are never contractors, and they never pay Alto a fee.