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-22193-87078 Sr. DirectorCertified - Expired Ashburn, VA Aug 9, 2023
A-22193-86769 Staff Research ScientistCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Aug 2, 2023
A-22181-82038 Principal, Data ScienceCertified - Expired Arlington, VA Jul 31, 2023
A-22159-68603 Sr. Financial AnalystCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Jul 28, 2023
A-22303-48528 Senior Product ManagerWithdrawn Austin, TX Jul 26, 2023
A-23082-17453 Sr. SW EngineerWithdrawn Austin, TX Jul 21, 2023
A-22250-17633 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Jul 19, 2023
A-22209-96741 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Jul 17, 2023
A-22194-87756 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jul 17, 2023
A-22200-91056 Sr. Data EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jul 14, 2023
A-22238-12609 SW EngineerCertified - Expired Mentor, OH Jun 30, 2023
A-22195-88367 ManagerCertified - Expired New York, NY Jun 29, 2023
A-22241-13547 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jun 29, 2023
A-22230-08339 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jun 29, 2023
A-22172-75820 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Jun 29, 2023
A-22230-08391 Sr. Software EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jun 21, 2023
A-22154-65982 Client Consulting ManagerCertified - Expired Ashburn, VA Jun 14, 2023
A-22322-60262 Product ManagerWithdrawn Foster City, CA Jun 6, 2023
A-22122-49024 Sr. Decision Analytics ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Jun 2, 2023
A-22143-59400 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX May 23, 2023

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