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-22164-70584 Sr. Data ScientistCertified Bellevue, WA May 17, 2023
A-22325-60985 Sr. Data ScientistWithdrawn Arlington, VA May 14, 2023
A-22179-79978 Sr. SW EngineerCertified Foster City, CA May 2, 2023
A-22154-65987 Staff SW EngineerCertified Austin, TX May 2, 2023
A-22132-54194 Sr. SW EngineerCertified Austin, TX Apr 28, 2023
A-22126-51583 Sr. SW EngineerCertified Highlands Ranch, CO Apr 27, 2023
A-22173-76262 Sr. SW EngineerCertified Austin, TX Apr 27, 2023
A-22153-64909 Sr. SW EngineerCertified Austin, TX Apr 25, 2023
A-22340-68164 Staff SW Test EngineerWithdrawn Foster City, CA Apr 24, 2023
A-23065-09228 SW Engineer (Cardinal)Withdrawn Austin, TX Apr 20, 2023
A-22165-71395 Sr. IT Audit ManagerCertified Ashburn, VA Apr 20, 2023
A-22131-53525 Network AdministratorCertified Mentor, OH Apr 18, 2023
A-22104-40865 Staff SW Test EngineerCertified Los Angeles, CA Apr 17, 2023
A-22264-25476 Data ScientistWithdrawn Foster City, CA Apr 17, 2023
A-22298-45391 Staff SW Test EngineerWithdrawn Austin, TX Apr 17, 2023
A-22315-56084 Staff Design EngineerWithdrawn Austin, TX Apr 17, 2023
A-22179-80011 Sr. SW EngineerCertified Foster City, CA Apr 17, 2023
A-22146-61831 Sr. Product ManagerCertified San Francisco, CA Apr 17, 2023
A-22124-50436 Sr. SW EngineerCertified Austin, TX Apr 14, 2023
A-22146-61807 ManagerCertified Highlands Ranch, CO Apr 13, 2023

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