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-20092-37790 Senior Product ManagerCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Nov 25, 2020
A-20093-38543 DirectorCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Nov 20, 2020
A-20092-37758 Senior Software Test EngineerCertified-Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Nov 10, 2020
A-19336-89836 Staff Software Test Engineer (fmr. title: Staff QA Engineer)Certified-Expired Foster City, CA Nov 2, 2020
A-20122-49395 Design Engineering Lead (Staff SW Engineer)Certified-Expired Austin, TX Oct 29, 2020
A-20114-46402 Internal Auditor (Sr. Auditor)Certified-Expired Foster City, CA Oct 29, 2020
A-20114-46367 Sr. Solutions Manager (Product Analytics Manager)Certified-Expired Foster City, CA Oct 27, 2020
A-20111-45057 Sr. Software Test EngineerCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Oct 27, 2020
A-20092-38116 Senior Software EngineerCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Oct 16, 2020
A-20077-31676 Marketing ManagerCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Oct 14, 2020
A-20113-45947 Product Management, Product Architecture, DirectorCertified-Expired San Francisco, CA Oct 6, 2020
A-20090-36936 SR. SOLUTIONS MANAGER (SR. PRODUCT MANAGER)Certified-Expired Palo Alto, CA Oct 6, 2020
A-20072-30013 DirectorCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Oct 6, 2020
A-20063-25869 Staff Research ScientistCertified Palo Alto, CA Sep 3, 2020
A-20057-23836 Senior Financial Analyst (Finance Manager)Certified Foster City, CA Sep 3, 2020
A-20066-27625 Systems ArchitectCertified Foster City, CA Sep 1, 2020
A-20073-30330 Sr. Deployment Manager (Client Delivery Manager)Certified Foster City, CA Aug 28, 2020
A-20003-02538 Staff Designer (Senior Product Manager)Certified Foster City, CA Aug 28, 2020
A-20006-03164 Business Analyst (Senior)Certified Foster City, CA Jul 27, 2020
A-20003-02507 Senior Software EngineerCertified Highlands Ranch, CO Jul 23, 2020

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