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-22014-98395 DIRECTORCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Jan 20, 2023
A-22049-13734 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jan 19, 2023
A-22087-31534 Staff SW EngineerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Jan 11, 2023
A-22094-35193 Sr. Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Jan 10, 2023
A-22086-31356 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Jan 10, 2023
A-22047-12482 Associate Configuration AnalystCertified - Expired Mentor, OH Jan 9, 2023
A-22067-20622 Staff SW Test EngineerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Dec 16, 2022
A-22068-21527 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Dec 15, 2022
A-22078-27891 Sr. Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Dec 14, 2022
A-22027-03512 Sr. SW Test EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Dec 13, 2022
A-22027-03554 SW Engineer (Cardinal)Certified - Expired Mentor, OH Dec 13, 2022
A-22003-92762 Analyst, Solutions ManagementCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Dec 12, 2022
A-21307-67470 Sr. Technical Product ManagerCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Nov 16, 2022
A-22054-15234 Sr. SW EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Nov 2, 2022
A-22026-03103 Client Consulting AnalystCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Oct 31, 2022
A-22024-02102 Product AnalystCertified - Expired Mentor, OH Oct 28, 2022
A-22038-08291 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Oct 26, 2022
A-21309-68838 Senior Software EngineerCertified - Expired Highlands Ranch, CO Sep 19, 2022
A-21309-68776 Lead Security AnalystCertified - Expired Austin, TX Sep 19, 2022
A-21301-64845 Sr. DirectorCertified - Expired Arlington, VA Sep 19, 2022

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