Subsidiary of COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPORATION

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

1,031 Green card sponsorships · 0 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2008–FY2013
Filing volume Top 1% 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
336,300 Total employees SEC 10-K (audited) · FY2024
0.31% Green-card sponsorship rate 1,031 green-card filings / 336,300 employees · FY2008–FY2013 filings vs FY2024 headcount
0.0% Work-visa filing rate 0 work-visa filings / 336,300 employees · FY2008–FY2013 filings vs FY2024 headcount
0.31% Visa filings vs workforce 1,031 filings / 336,300 employees · FY2008–FY2013 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Professional Services · est. 336,300 U.S. employees
  • 45% Green-card filings certified 466 of 1,031 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2013
    161 Green-card filings denied of 1,031 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2013 filings
    16 Green-card filings withdrawn of 1,031 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2013 filings
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings 1,031 filings · Top 1% of 46,637 in Professional Services · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2013
    0.31% Visa filings vs workforce 1,031 filings / 336,300 employees · FY2008–FY2013 filings vs FY2024 SEC 10-K headcount
    -98% Trend vs last year FY2013 1 vs FY2012 43
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 1,031 filings · Top 1% of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2008–FY2013
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 1,031 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2013
    1,031 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2013
    Top 98% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 1,031 filings / 336,300 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 98% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2013
    Top 99% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Professional Services 1,031 filings / 336,300 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 99% of 28,564 in Professional Services reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2013
    Top 95% Green-card filings per employee, all US 1,031 filings / 336,300 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 95% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2013
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.4%, 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.
Recruitment geography concentration

98% of 1,031 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 9,693)

Immigration How this is calculated →
Elevated denial rate

15.9% PERM denial rate vs 2.6% industry median (161 denied of 1,015 decided)

This employer
15.9%
Industry median
2.6%
Industry p90
13.8%
Immigration How this is calculated →
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

TAA: DOL certified job shift to INDIA | PERM: 1015 filings from INDIA

Temporal How this is calculated →
Wage level concentration

60% of PERM filings at Level I (entry) prevailing wage vs 11% industry median

Level I
59% (591)
Level II
37% (375)
Level III
0% (1)
Level IV
2% (22)

Industry median Level I share: 11.4% · 90th percentile: 40.0%

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

466

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

388

45.4% rate

Denied

161

15.6% rate

Withdrawn

16

1.6% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008: 720 filingsFY2009: 128 filingsFY2010: 139 filingsFY2012: 43 filingsFY2013: 1 filings0360720FY2008FY2009FY2010FY2012FY2013
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION applied to sponsor 1,031 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2013. 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.

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