VISA USA

Finance & Insurance · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2023

#134 top sponsor

Overview

VISA USA is a Finance & Insurance employer that has filed 471 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2023. That places it #134 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 259 were certified (55% approval rate), taking about 231 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $127,504.

471

PERM filings

55%

approval

1

denied

$127,504

median wage

231d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 471 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (70%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India331
  • China63
  • Canada11
  • Nigeria8
  • Brazil6
  • Taiwan5
  • Venezuela4
  • Mexico4
  • Australia3
  • Philippines3

Prior visa status

  • H-1B447
  • L-111
  • H-44
  • F-14
  • TN2
  • O-11
  • E-31

Education

  • Master's327
  • Bachelor's129
  • Doctorate10
  • None5

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations VISA USA most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 142 $121,783
Statisticians 43 $141,050
Software Developers, Systems Software 36 $124,294
Computer Systems Analysts 25 $133,654
Software Developers 24 $126,755
Marketing Managers 20 $163,695
Data Scientists 19 $142,899
Information Technology Project Managers 14 $141,038
Operations Research Analysts 12 $147,932
Software Quality Assurance Engineers Testers 12 $116,966

Common job titles

Sr. SW Engineer 60 Staff SW Engineer 39 Senior Software Engineer 26 Data Scientist 25 Sr. SW Test Engineer 21 Director 19 Sr. Data Scientist 14 Staff SW Test Engineer 12 Staff Software Engineer 10 Client Consulting Manager 9 Sr. Software Engineer 8 Senior Software Test Engineer 8

Worksite states

CA 226 TX 119 CO 67 OH 21 FL 16 VA 11 NY 6 GA 3 WA 1 DC 1

Wage range

$115,248

25th

$127,504

median

$149,531

75th

$174,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Berry Appleman Leiden LLP469
  • Berry Appleman Leiden LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-21291-59803 Staff Design ResearcherCertified - Expired Austin, TX May 25, 2022
A-21187-12477 Business AnalystCertified - Expired Miami, FL May 24, 2022
A-21120-80829 HR GeneralistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 24, 2022
A-21250-40515 Senior Software EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX May 20, 2022
A-21291-59692 Director – Technical Product DevelopmentCertified - Expired Austin, TX May 18, 2022
A-21290-59417 Associate ManagerCertified - Expired Mentor, OH May 18, 2022
A-21291-59715 Sr. Systems AnalystCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 18, 2022
A-21236-35564 Program ManagerCertified - Expired Mentor, OH May 17, 2022
A-21236-35530 Director, Digital Product IntegrationsCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 17, 2022
A-21228-31985 Sr. Software EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 17, 2022
A-21274-53100 Client Consulting ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 16, 2022
A-21250-40727 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX May 13, 2022
A-21237-36210 AnalystCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 11, 2022
A-21237-36098 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX May 11, 2022
A-21182-11153 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 2, 2022
A-21264-47550 Senior Director, Urban Mobility and Smart CitiesCertified - Expired Miami, FL Apr 26, 2022
A-21224-30500 Senior Software Test EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Apr 21, 2022
A-21209-23656 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Mentor, OH Apr 21, 2022
A-21238-36411 Program ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Apr 21, 2022
A-21123-81181 Senior Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Apr 11, 2022

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.