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-19291-72389 Senior Software Test EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jun 3, 2020
A-20007-03643 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA May 29, 2020
A-20009-05036 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 29, 2020
A-20010-05568 Senior Software EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO May 29, 2020
A-19343-92714 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 29, 2020
A-19338-90786 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 29, 2020
A-19344-93302 Sr. Associate Solutions Manager (Decision Analytics Architect)Certified - Expired Foster City, CA May 28, 2020
A-19324-85863 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 28, 2020
A-19331-88558 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO May 19, 2020
A-19312-81129 Senior Software EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX May 18, 2020
A-19301-76084 Senior Business AnalystCertified - Expired Austin, TX May 18, 2020
A-19297-74921 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO May 18, 2020
A-19315-81553 DirectorCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 15, 2020
A-19297-74917 SW EngineerCertified - Expired Mentor, OH May 15, 2020
A-19329-87538 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX May 15, 2020
A-20009-04837 ManagerCertified - Expired Miami, FL May 14, 2020
A-19340-91987 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX May 14, 2020
A-19298-75280 Data Scientist (Decision Analytics Architect)Certified - Expired Foster City, CA May 14, 2020
A-19319-83578 ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 14, 2020
A-19311-80404 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA May 14, 2020

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