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-21166-01317 Sr. Software EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Apr 6, 2022
A-21222-29474 Staff Software EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Apr 1, 2022
A-21193-15620 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Mar 30, 2022
A-21181-10698 Design Manager (formerly User Experience Manager)Certified - Expired San Francisco, CA Mar 22, 2022
A-21187-12482 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Mar 21, 2022
A-21245-39550 Staff SW Test EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Mar 10, 2022
A-21209-23736 Staff Data EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Mar 9, 2022
A-21231-33641 Sr. Product AnalystCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Mar 9, 2022
A-21187-12504 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Mar 8, 2022
A-21179-08879 Sr. Technical Account ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Mar 8, 2022
A-21224-30763 Sr. Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Mar 7, 2022
A-21223-30037 DirectorCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Feb 28, 2022
A-22053-14399 Sr. SW EngineerWithdrawn Austin, TX Feb 23, 2022
A-21187-12685 Sr. Systems EngineerCertified - Expired Mentor, OH Feb 18, 2022
A-21181-10491 Sr. Software EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Feb 18, 2022
A-21180-09864 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Feb 18, 2022
A-21209-23762 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Feb 16, 2022
A-21224-30636 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Feb 7, 2022
A-21209-23562 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Jan 28, 2022
A-21165-00845 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Jan 26, 2022

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