Got an SA offer from a firm that do not sponsor H1B...... I'm an international student

So I got an SA offer from a boutique firm that do not sponsor H1B but I am an international student. The person I got connected with passed along my resume to the people there so I did not apply through their website so I had no idea if they sponsored or not. During interviews, I always say that I am from a foreign country studying in the US but was never asked if I have a green card or not. I know that I can work without sponsorship during the summer using CPT and a year after graduation using OPT but then that's kind of unfair for the firm. Do I accept the offer or should I decline? 

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Congratulations! I think you should reach out to the people there and I think highly likely that they will sponsor if you were called up. Good luck!

 

Unless they explicitly said they did not sponsor H1-B I wouldn’t rule it out — regardless I’d just work on OPT and move firms if you need

 

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