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-20044-18921 Staff SW EngineerCertified Austin, TX Jul 20, 2020
A-20034-14719 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified Highlands Ranch, CO Jul 15, 2020
A-19352-97492 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified Foster City, CA Jul 6, 2020
A-20045-19418 Sr. Software EngineerCertified Foster City, CA Jun 30, 2020
A-19338-90712 Sr. SW EngineerCertified Austin, TX Jun 30, 2020
A-20045-19504 DirectorCertified Foster City, CA Jun 26, 2020
A-20029-12732 Systems AnalystCertified Austin, TX Jun 26, 2020
A-19354-98630 DirectorCertified Austin, TX Jun 23, 2020
A-19291-72593 Senior Software EngineerCertified Highlands Ranch, CO Jun 23, 2020
A-19291-72679 Director (fmr. Title: Manager, Issuer Processing)Certified Highlands Ranch, CO Jun 23, 2020
A-19330-88288 Staff Software EngineerCertified Foster City, CA Jun 19, 2020
A-20003-02532 Senior Software EngineerCertified Austin, TX Jun 18, 2020
A-19343-92785 Data ScientistCertified Foster City, CA Jun 16, 2020
A-20029-12673 Senior Software EngineerCertified Highlands Ranch, CO Jun 16, 2020
A-19177-23490 Director, Product DeliveryCertified San Francisco, CA Jun 16, 2020
A-19291-72443 Senior Software Test EngineerCertified Austin, TX Jun 16, 2020
A-20029-12714 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified Austin, TX Jun 11, 2020
A-20013-06230 Staff Software EngineerCertified Foster City, CA Jun 9, 2020
A-19304-77607 Senior Software Test EngineerCertified Highlands Ranch, CO Jun 5, 2020
A-19310-80000 Senior Software EngineerCertified Highlands Ranch, CO Jun 4, 2020

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