SOFTWARE GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE, INC.
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- Professional Services · est. 389 U.S. employees Showing 3 of 5 measurements · Show all →
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1% Green-card filings denied 1 of 97 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings1 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2025 filings42% Green-card filings certified 41 of 97 green-card filings · last filed Jan 2025 · FY2008–FY202541 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2025Jan 2025 Last filing
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1% Green-card filings denied 1 of 97 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings1 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2025 filings56% Green-card filings left unused 54 of 97 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings54 Green-card filings left unused FY2008–FY2025 filings42% Green-card filings certified 41 of 97 green-card filings · last filed Jan 2025 · FY2008–FY202541 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2025Jan 2025 Last filing$91,562 Median wage, Software Developers, Applications FY2008–FY2025
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- We look at work-visa filings denied, filings certified, and filing volume · Professional Services.
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0 Work-visa filings denied of 19 work-visa filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings100% Work-visa filings certified 19 of 19 work-visa filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings19 Work-visa filings certified FY2008–FY2025 filingsJan 2025 Last filing0.20:1 Temp-to-perm 19 work visas / 97 green cards · FY2008–FY2025
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1% Green-card filings denied 1 of 97 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings1 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2025 filings100% Work-visa filings certified 19 of 19 work-visa filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings19 Work-visa filings certified FY2008–FY2025 filingsJan 2025 Last filing0.20:1 Temp-to-perm 19 work visas / 97 green cards · FY2008–FY2025$91,562 Median wage, Software Developers, Applications FY2008–FY2025
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- We look at green-card filings denied, green-card filings left unused, and green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services.
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Every measurement we computed
The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.
Public record data. PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ and LCA LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filing data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure files. Methodology →
Filings over time
How many green card applications SOFTWARE GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE, INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.
What this means
SOFTWARE GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE, INC. applied to sponsor 97 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2025. A green card application is what an employer files to help a worker stay in the U.S. permanently.
Important: everything on this page is derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. It is not a statement of fraud, wrongdoing, or hiring intent. It describes observable filing patterns only.
Offered wages on this employer’s filings
Median annual wage this employer offered, by occupation and fiscal year, over its own PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings — beside the prevailing wage the U.S. Department of Labor determined on the same filings. Two separate figures, never a ratio. Hourly, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly wages are converted to an annual figure using the unit DOL printed for that wage. Methodology →
1 further role in this employer’s most recent complete year is not shown: fewer than five filings per role, which is too few to publish a wage without describing individual people.
| Occupation | Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | Median prevailing | Wage level |
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| Computer Systems Analysts 15-1121 | FY2018 | 6 | $115,000 | $86,653 | Level II |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2018 | 5 | $125,000 | $92,768 | Level II |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2016 | 11 | $125,000 | $91,562 | Level II |
| Computer Systems Analysts 15-1121 | FY2016 | 10 | $110,000 | $81,266 | Level II |
| Computer Software Engineers, Applications 15-1031.00 | FY2011 | 5 | $120,000 | $84,885 | Level II |
“Not reported” means the Department of Labor published no such figure on those filings — from FY2025 its PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ disclosure file carries the employer’s offered wage only, with no prevailing-wage determination and no wage level. It does not mean the figure is unknown to us; it means DOL did not publish one.
Wage & Hour Enforcement
Source: DOL Wage & Hour Division WHISARD concluded compliance actions since FY2005. Back wages, civil money penalties, and employees affected, broken down by statute (FLSA, H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ , H-2A, H-2B, SCA, Davis-Bacon, FMLA). Data mirrored nightly from the WHISARD dataset.
USCIS visa petition outcomes
Source: USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub. Petition decisions by fiscal year.
No USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition data found for SOFTWARE GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE, INC..
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