Updated
PERM in Credit Card Issuing
NAICS 522210
- Decisions
- 5,177
- Approved
- 99.3%
- Median certified wage
- $114,000
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 476 | 4 | 11 |
| FY2017 | 445 | 3 | 9 |
| FY2018 | 677 | 13 | 16 |
| FY2019 | 677 | 2 | 6 |
| FY2020 | 426 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2021 | 481 | 3 | 8 |
| FY2022 | 350 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 304 | 1 | 25 |
| FY2024 | 338 | 1 | 11 |
| FY2025 | 393 | 3 | 15 |
| FY2026 | 466 | 1 | 2 |
Top sponsors
- Capital One Services, LLC 1,700
- American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. 1,401
- Mastercard International Incorporated 773
- Discover Products Inc. 440
- DFS Corporate Services LLC 296
- American Express Company 203
- Capital One, National Association 147
- Discover Bank 25
- CAPITAL ONE SERVICES II LLC 25
- DFS Services LLC 20
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 2,087
- Statisticians 587
- Software Developers 467
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 316
- Computer Occupations, All Other 250
- Operations Research Analysts 216
- Economists 174
- Data Scientists 135
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 107
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 91
Worksite states
- Virginia 1,330
- Arizona 1,008
- Illinois 829
- New York 712
- Missouri 554
- Texas 317
- Florida 153
- California 76
- Delaware 70
- Utah 37
Worksite cities
- Phoenix, AZ 1,006
- Riverwoods, IL 752
- New York, NY 639
- McLean, VA 585
- O'Fallon, MO 489
- Richmond, VA 447
- Plano, TX 306
- Vienna, VA 215
- Sunrise, FL 102
- Purchase, NY 66
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 2,136
- Bachelor's 1,947
- Doctorate 95
- Other 34
- None 26
- High School 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 4,052
- L-1 107
- F-1 20
- TN 17
- H-4 10
- PAROLEE 7
- NOT IN USA 4
- G-4 2
- A1/A2 2
- O-1 2
The industry is the NAICS code the employer entered on the form. DOL publishes the code alone. The title is the Census Bureau's, and a code Census never defined takes its parent group's title.
Case data through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
What this data includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
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