Cisco Systems, Inc.

9,292 Green card sponsorships · 16,262 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume #21 of 332,896 US employers by 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 ↗ + 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 ↗ volume
90,400 Total employees SEC 10-K (audited) · FY2024
10.3% Green-card sponsorship rate 9,292 green-card filings / 90,400 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
18.0% Work-visa filing rate 16,262 work-visa filings / 90,400 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
28.3% Visa filings vs workforce 25,554 filings / 90,400 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Manufacturing · est. 90,400 U.S. employees
  • 37% Green-card filings certified 3,421 of 9,292 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    237 Green-card filings denied of 9,292 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    235 Green-card filings withdrawn of 9,292 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #3 Green-card + work-visa filings 25,554 filings · last Jun 2026 · #3 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · #21 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    28% Visa filings vs workforce 25,554 filings / 90,400 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 SEC 10-K headcount
    +9% Trend vs last year FY2025 381 vs FY2024 349
    #3 Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 25,554 filings · #3 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2025
    #21 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 25,554 filings · #21 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    9,292 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    16,262 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 33% Work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 10,448 filings / 90,400 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 33% of 7,461 in Manufacturing with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 27% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 19,740 filings / 90,400 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 27% of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.5%, below the 60% we require before pairing layoffs with visa filings for a named employer. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Filing pattern observations

Filing patterns are statistical observations derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. They do not constitute accusations of wrongdoing. Wage levels are determined by the DOL's rigid 5-step NPWC evaluation process based on O*NET Job Zone requirements. Use this information to inform your own due diligence.
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 4,645 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to INDIA, MEXICO | PERM: 4704 filings from INDIA, MEXICO

Temporal How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

79% of 5,877 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 6,279)

Immigration How this is calculated →
Senior title with entry-level requirements

4 senior-titled positions with entry-level requirements (0.7% of titled filings)

Immigration How this is calculated →

Public record data. 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 — 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 →

Certified

3,421

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 ↗ approvals

Expired

5,399

61.2% rate

Denied

237

2.6% rate

Withdrawn

235

2.5% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Cisco Systems, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 143 filingsFY2009 Q1: 402 filingsFY2010 Q1: 472 filingsFY2011 Q1: 653 filingsFY2012 Q1: 248 filingsFY2013 Q1: 311 filingsFY2015 Q1: 403 filingsFY2015 Q2: 600 filingsFY2015 Q3: 24 filingsFY2015 Q4: 27 filingsFY2016 Q1: 150 filingsFY2016 Q2: 127 filingsFY2016 Q3: 113 filingsFY2016 Q4: 518 filingsFY2017 Q1: 140 filingsFY2017 Q2: 65 filingsFY2017 Q3: 119 filingsFY2017 Q4: 33 filingsFY2018 Q1: 58 filingsFY2018 Q2: 58 filingsFY2018 Q3: 71 filingsFY2018 Q4: 79 filingsFY2019 Q1: 1212 filingsFY2020 Q1: 289 filingsFY2020 Q2: 18 filingsFY2020 Q3: 45 filingsFY2020 Q4: 161 filingsFY2021 Q1: 206 filingsFY2021 Q2: 27 filingsFY2021 Q3: 60 filingsFY2021 Q4: 83 filingsFY2022 Q1: 225 filingsFY2022 Q2: 232 filingsFY2022 Q3: 204 filingsFY2022 Q4: 90 filingsFY2023 Q1: 63 filingsFY2023 Q2: 68 filingsFY2023 Q3: 110 filingsFY2023 Q4: 104 filingsFY2024 Q1: 122 filingsFY2024 Q2: 143 filingsFY2024 Q3: 84 filingsFY2025 Q1: 177 filingsFY2025 Q2: 40 filingsFY2025 Q3: 103 filingsFY2025 Q4: 61 filingsFY2026 Q1: 34 filingsFY2026 Q2: 484 filingsFY2026 Q3: 33 filings06061212FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Cisco Systems, Inc. applied to sponsor 9,292 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.

Recent layoff notices

Cisco Systems, Inc. has filed 20 WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

Subsidiaries 4

Combined: 6,775 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 ↗ + 11,749 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 ↗ filings

Subsidiary vs All vs Industry Trend (8Q) Green card sponsorships Temporary work filings Employees
SPLUNK
-- -- 596 1,652 1,384
APPDYNAMICS
-- -- 112 365 —
MERAKI, INC.
-- -- 3 16 —
DUO SECURITY, INC.
-- -- 1 17 —

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