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-20365-37807 Staff SW EngineerCertified Austin, TX Jul 2, 2021
A-20358-36476 DirectorCertified Austin, TX Jul 2, 2021
A-20358-36459 Staff SW EngineerCertified Highlands Ranch, CO Jul 2, 2021
A-21005-38943 Sr. Design EngineerCertified Austin, TX Jun 30, 2021
A-20363-37183 DirectorCertified San Francisco, CA Jun 29, 2021
A-20351-33964 Systems AnalystCertified Austin, TX Jun 29, 2021
A-20351-33802 Data ScientistCertified Foster City, CA Jun 29, 2021
A-20350-33319 Sr. Network AnalystCertified Austin, TX Jun 29, 2021
A-20351-34054 Senior Software EngineerCertified Foster City, CA Jun 16, 2021
A-20349-33032 Staff Software EngineerCertified Foster City, CA Jun 15, 2021
A-20339-28976 Sr. UI EngineerCertified Austin, TX Jun 11, 2021
A-20318-20777 Sr. Applications Programmer AnalystCertified Highlands Ranch, CO Jun 10, 2021
A-20307-15394 Appl. Prog. AnalystCertified Highlands Ranch, CO Jun 8, 2021
A-20328-24757 IT Audit ManagerCertified Foster City, CA Jun 4, 2021
A-20112-45372 Staff SW Test EngineerCertified Ashburn, VA Jun 4, 2021
A-20310-17515 Senior Software EngineerCertified Foster City, CA May 20, 2021
A-20258-98995 IT Audit ManagerCertified Foster City, CA May 18, 2021
A-20091-37332 Staff Research ScientistCertified Palo Alto, CA Apr 29, 2021
A-20143-57534 DirectorCertified Foster City, CA Apr 21, 2021
A-20086-35559 Data Science Manager (Analytics Manager)Certified Miami, FL Apr 16, 2021

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