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-19268-62704 Senior DirectorCertified San Francisco, CA Apr 3, 2020
A-19260-59255 Sr. Database EngineersCertified-Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Mar 27, 2020
A-19052-75252 Sr. Product ManagerCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Mar 20, 2020
A-19199-32500 Sr. SW EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Mar 20, 2020
A-19266-61649 Senior Software EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Mar 16, 2020
A-19231-46189 Product Manager (Product Analyst)Certified-Expired Mentor, OH Mar 16, 2020
A-19200-33040 HR Manager, DiversityCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Mar 12, 2020
A-19087-86593 Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Senior Software Test Engineer)Certified-Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Mar 10, 2020
A-19266-61290 Director, Global Network ProcessingCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Feb 26, 2020
A-19183-26329 Senior Software Test EngineerCertified-Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Feb 26, 2020
A-19238-49203 Data Scientist (fmr. Title: Decision Analytics Architect)Certified-Expired FOSTER CITY, CA Jan 27, 2020
A-19241-51231 Senior Software EngineerCertified-Expired Mentor, OH Jan 27, 2020
A-19256-57692 Sr. Project Analyst (frm. Title: Sr. Program Mgr.)Certified-Expired Foster City, CA Jan 23, 2020
A-19218-40693 SENIOR UI ENGINEERCertified-Expired AUSTIN, TX Jan 17, 2020
A-19291-72388 Senior Software EngineerWithdrawn Highlands Ranch, CO Jan 10, 2020
A-19325-86444 Data ScientistWithdrawn Foster City, CA Jan 9, 2020
A-19231-46035 Staff Software EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Jan 6, 2020
A-19218-40705 DirectorCertified-Expired Foster City, CA Dec 20, 2019
A-19177-23455 Staff SW EngineerCertified-Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Dec 5, 2019
A-19157-14899 Lead Software EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Dec 5, 2019

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