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-21139-88985 Sr. Project AnalystCertified - Expired Austin, TX Nov 23, 2021
A-21137-87556 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Nov 18, 2021
A-21148-93415 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Nov 17, 2021
A-21116-78449 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Mentor, OH Nov 16, 2021
A-21119-80280 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Nov 16, 2021
A-21126-83217 Sr. Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Nov 15, 2021
A-21125-82546 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Nov 15, 2021
A-21125-82481 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Nov 15, 2021
A-21125-82495 Senior Software Test EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Nov 15, 2021
A-21119-80296 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Nov 15, 2021
A-21123-81184 Client Consulting ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Nov 15, 2021
A-21131-84714 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Nov 8, 2021
A-21130-84152 Client Consulting ManagerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Nov 8, 2021
A-21126-83206 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Nov 1, 2021
A-21124-81620 IT Audit ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Oct 29, 2021
A-21124-81638 Client Consulting ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Oct 28, 2021
A-21125-82509 Senior Product AnalystCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Oct 27, 2021
A-21111-76807 Vice President, Corporate Revenue AnalysisCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Oct 25, 2021
A-21110-76212 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Oct 25, 2021
A-21182-11412 Senior Software EngineerWithdrawn Austin, TX Oct 25, 2021

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