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-22173-76562 Client Consulting ManagerCertified - Expired New York, NY Apr 10, 2023
A-22133-54935 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Apr 6, 2023
A-22139-57840 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Apr 5, 2023
A-22154-65753 Product AnalystCertified - Expired New York, NY Mar 30, 2023
A-22158-67371 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Mar 30, 2023
A-22312-53835 Senior Manager, Marketing AnalyticsWithdrawn Foster City, CA Mar 17, 2023
A-22353-75932 Sr. Marketing ManagerWithdrawn Foster City, CA Mar 17, 2023
A-22059-16886 Sr. Sales EngineerCertified - Expired Miami, FL Mar 14, 2023
A-22061-18302 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Mar 14, 2023
A-21236-35352 Finance Systems ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Mar 14, 2023
A-22110-43572 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Feb 27, 2023
A-22116-46412 Business Optimization AnalystCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Feb 24, 2023
A-22116-46163 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Feb 23, 2023
A-22112-44879 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Feb 21, 2023
A-22119-48106 Audit ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Feb 21, 2023
A-22104-41043 Client Consulting ManagerCertified - Expired Miami, FL Feb 21, 2023
A-22104-41000 Client Consulting ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Feb 21, 2023
A-22105-41321 Sr. Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Feb 16, 2023
A-22130-53170 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jan 25, 2023
A-22115-45558 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Jan 23, 2023

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