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-22238-12562 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Dec 29, 2023
A-22334-65348 Staff Machine Learning ScientistCertified - Expired Austin, TX Dec 21, 2023
A-22332-63753 Sr. Associate Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Dec 21, 2023
A-22342-70234 Client Consulting Manager (Director)Certified - Expired New York, NY Dec 1, 2023
A-22171-75067 Research Scientist IVCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Nov 29, 2023
A-22325-61291 SW Engineer IVCertified - Expired Austin, TX Nov 17, 2023
A-22272-31005 Sr. Data EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Nov 7, 2023
A-22208-95462 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Oct 30, 2023
A-22284-37352 Sr. Product ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Oct 20, 2023
A-22223-04339 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Sep 29, 2023
A-22284-37614 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Sep 29, 2023
A-22297-44776 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Sep 29, 2023
A-22286-38921 Sr. IT Audit ManagerCertified - Expired New York, NY Sep 20, 2023
A-22271-29486 Sr. Product ManagerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Sep 14, 2023
A-22243-14805 Sr. Accounting AnalystCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Aug 30, 2023
A-22277-33011 Business Development ManagerCertified - Expired Atlanta, GA Aug 25, 2023
A-22221-02982 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Aug 24, 2023
A-22263-24483 DirectorCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Aug 22, 2023
A-22266-27251 Program Manager (Technical) - Sr. Consultant levelCertified - Expired Austin, TX Aug 18, 2023
A-22241-13398 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Aug 9, 2023

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