COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPORATION

26,552 Green card sponsorships · 130,306 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2008–FY2026
Filing volume #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
35,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
26,552 Green-card filings 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 on record
130,306 Work-visa filings 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 on record

What this means for you

One record, five questions. Ask as many as you like.

  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Professional Services · est. 35,000 U.S. employees
  • 2% Green-card filings denied 650 of 26,552 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings
    650 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2026 filings
    47% Green-card filings certified 12,568 of 26,552 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2026
    12,568 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2026
    Jun 2026 Last filing

    2 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.

  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.8% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

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.

Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings percentile · all US of 332,896 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#1 of 46,637 Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 156,858 filings · #1 of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2008–FY2026
#1 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 156,858 filings · #1 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2026
156,858 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings
448.2% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 156,858 filings / 35,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings
83% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 130,306 of this employer's 156,858 · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#3 of 36,303 Work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2008–FY2026 filings
#3 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
130,306 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026
372.3% Work-visa filings per employee 130,306 filings / 35,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
+12% Green-card filings, FY2024 vs FY2023 1,235 vs 1,099
Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings
17% Green-card filings, share of all filings 26,552 of this employer's 156,858 · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#1 of 46,514 Green-card filings rank · Professional Services FY2008–FY2026 filings
#2 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
26,552 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2026
75.9% Green-card filings per employee 26,552 filings / 35,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
Top 15% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 26,552 filings / 35,000 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 15% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026
Which entities?
  • COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPORATION
  • COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
  • COGNIZANT WORLDWIDE LIMITED

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 →

12,568 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2026
13,067 Expired 51.0% rate · FY2008–FY2026
650 Denied 2.4% rate · FY2008–FY2026
267 Withdrawn 1.0% rate · FY2008–FY2026

Filings over time

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

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2009 Q1: 85 filingsFY2010 Q1: 865 filingsFY2011 Q1: 2354 filingsFY2012 Q1: 1157 filingsFY2013 Q1: 273 filingsFY2015 Q1: 20 filingsFY2015 Q2: 2920 filingsFY2015 Q3: 2501 filingsFY2015 Q4: 1748 filingsFY2016 Q1: 814 filingsFY2016 Q2: 444 filingsFY2016 Q3: 963 filingsFY2016 Q4: 2048 filingsFY2017 Q1: 165 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1784 filingsFY2017 Q3: 1422 filingsFY2017 Q4: 860 filingsFY2018 Q1: 5 filingsFY2018 Q2: 3 filingsFY2018 Q3: 2 filingsFY2018 Q4: 2 filingsFY2019 Q1: 2972 filingsFY2020 Q1: 540 filingsFY2020 Q2: 267 filingsFY2020 Q3: 1 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2022 Q4: 1 filingsFY2023 Q1: 340 filingsFY2023 Q2: 169 filingsFY2023 Q3: 224 filingsFY2023 Q4: 366 filingsFY2024 Q1: 402 filingsFY2024 Q2: 92 filingsFY2024 Q4: 741 filings014862972FY2008FY2011FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2023FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPORATION applied to sponsor 26,552 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2026. 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.

Subsidiaries 2

Combined: 11,890 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 ↗ + 126,232 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
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
-- -- 1,031 0 336,300
COGNIZANT WORLDWIDE LIMITED
-- -- 0 1,086 —

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