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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Norfolk, VA

Decisions
696
Approved
97.1%
Median certified wage
$96,626
Years
FY2016 to FY2026

Year by year

  • certified
  • denied
  • withdrawn

Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, FY2024 on from its current ones; the newest year is partial until DOL publishes its fourth quarter.

Every year as a table
Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn
FY2016 29 0 0
FY2017 34 0 0
FY2018 45 0 1
FY2019 88 8 1
FY2020 107 1 2
FY2021 61 0 2
FY2022 64 4 1
FY2023 56 1 1
FY2024 63 0 2
FY2025 79 0 6
FY2026 34 6 0

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Countries of citizenship

  • India 394
  • Ghana 16
  • El Salvador 16
  • China 15
  • Canada 12
  • Nigeria 10
  • South Korea 9
  • Philippines 8
  • Iran 7
  • Pakistan 6

Worker's education

  • Master's 238
  • Bachelor's 198
  • None 52
  • Doctorate 41
  • Other 22
  • High School 7
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 466
  • NOT IN USA 27
  • F-1 17
  • EWI 7
  • H-2B 5
  • TPS 4
  • B-2 3
  • L-1 3
  • O-1 2
  • TN 2

The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled; a city counts as one place per state.

Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting is not in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases, not the queue.