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-19336-89388 Staff Software EngineerCertified Austin, TX Apr 16, 2021
A-20078-32274 Sr. SW EngineerCertified Foster City, CA Apr 15, 2021
A-20073-30323 Sr. Database EngineerCertified Mentor, OH Apr 15, 2021
A-20197-76757 Sr. SW EngineerCertified-Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Mar 25, 2021
A-20182-71211 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Mar 25, 2021
A-20164-65074 Senior Software EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Mar 11, 2021
A-20177-69546 Biz Optimization AnalystCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Mar 9, 2021
A-20176-68961 Sr. Data ScientistCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Mar 8, 2021
A-20175-68761 Finance Systems Manager (Manager)Certified-Expired Foster City, CA Mar 8, 2021
A-20148-59109 DirectorCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Feb 5, 2021
A-20149-59230 Senior Software EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Feb 4, 2021
A-20016-07779 Financial AnalystCertified-Expired Miami, FL Feb 4, 2021
A-20164-64894 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Feb 1, 2021
A-20163-64388 Staff SW Test EngineerCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Feb 1, 2021
A-20163-64368 Sr. SW EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Feb 1, 2021
A-20143-57727 Sr. SW EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Feb 1, 2021
A-20133-53410 Sales Engineer DirectorCertified-Expired Miami, FL Feb 1, 2021
A-20125-49956 Sr. Database EngineerCertified-Expired Mentor, OH Feb 1, 2021
A-20140-56368 DirectorCertified-Expired Austin, TX Jan 27, 2021
A-20178-70170 DirectorCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Jan 27, 2021

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