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-21154-95612 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Jan 14, 2022
A-21195-17050 Senior Product ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Jan 5, 2022
A-21203-21302 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Jan 4, 2022
A-21202-20511 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Jan 4, 2022
A-21176-08020 Lead SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Dec 27, 2021
A-21165-00585 Staff SW Test EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Dec 22, 2021
A-21145-91875 Sr. Product ManagerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Dec 22, 2021
A-21137-87544 Application Programmer AnalystCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Dec 21, 2021
A-21130-84434 Appl. Prog. AnalystCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Dec 21, 2021
A-21162-99989 Sr. Product AnalystCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Dec 17, 2021
A-21158-97442 Sr. Software EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Dec 17, 2021
A-21155-96471 Staff SW Test EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Dec 16, 2021
A-21167-02088 Staff Software EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Dec 16, 2021
A-21140-89779 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Dec 16, 2021
A-21155-96374 Senior Associate, Product ManagementCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Dec 16, 2021
A-21140-89806 HR ManagerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Dec 16, 2021
A-21089-68277 Sr. Software Test EngineerCertified - Expired Ashburn, VA Dec 10, 2021
A-21105-74536 DirectorCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Dec 10, 2021
A-21159-98143 Sr. Product ManagerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Nov 24, 2021
A-21139-89104 Senior Software Test EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Nov 23, 2021

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