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-20178-70037 Sr. SW EngineerCertified-Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Jan 27, 2021
A-20176-68997 Product ManagerCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Jan 27, 2021
A-20164-64895 Sr. SW EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Jan 27, 2021
A-20149-59232 Senior Software EngineerCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Jan 27, 2021
A-20147-58423 Software Engineer IIICertified-Expired Los Angeles, CA Jan 19, 2021
A-20143-57608 Data ScientistCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Jan 19, 2021
A-20134-53803 Staff SW EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Jan 19, 2021
A-20050-20604 Senior Software EngineerCertified-Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Jan 19, 2021
A-20141-56438 Staff Research ScientistCertified-Expired Palo Alto, CA Jan 13, 2021
A-20136-54973 Senior Software EngineerCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Jan 13, 2021
A-20167-65624 Sr. Biz Optimization AnalystCertified-Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Jan 8, 2021
A-20164-64866 Senior Associate Product ManagerCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Jan 8, 2021
A-20164-64815 Senior Data ScientistCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Jan 8, 2021
A-20125-49982 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Dec 11, 2020
A-19318-83022 Business Development ExecutiveCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Dec 10, 2020
A-20127-50985 Sr. Financial AnalystCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Dec 4, 2020
A-19291-72587 Staff Software EngineerCertified-Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Dec 3, 2020
A-20064-26363 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified-Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Dec 2, 2020
A-20134-53985 Pricing AnalystCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Dec 1, 2020
A-20119-47917 Software EngineerCertified-Expired Mentor, OH Nov 25, 2020

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