Does Cornell University sponsor green cards?

Cornell University has filed 110 PERM (green card) applications with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does Cornell University sponsor?

Cornell University has filed 2,654 LCA (temporary work visa) applications, the precursor step for H-1B and other non-immigrant visa filings.

What is Cornell University's government approval rate?

Across 110 PERM filings, Cornell University has a U.S. Department of Labor approval rate of 99.9% (denial rate 0.1%).

How long has Cornell University been filing visa applications?

Public DOL records for Cornell University cover fiscal years 2008 through 2026.

Cornell University

110 Green card sponsorships · 2,654 Temporary work filings · Education · FY2008–FY2026

FEIN 15-0532082 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)

Also filed as Cornell Univeristy CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Filing volume Top 0.1% of 330,651 US employers by 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 jobI-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 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 DOLCap 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

11,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025

110 Green-card filings 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 jobI-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

2,654 Work-visa filings 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 DOLCap 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

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We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
Education · est. 11,000 U.S. employees Showing 3 of 5 measurements · Show all →
7% Green-card filings denied 8 of 110 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

8 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2026 filings

45% Green-card filings certified 49 of 110 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2026

49 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2026

Jun 2026 Last filing

2 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.
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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 330,651 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings

#38 of 7,270 Green-card + work-visa filings, Education 2,764 filings · #38 of 7,270 in Education · FY2008–FY2026

#315 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings

2,764 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings

Top 0.1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 2,764 filings · Top 0.1% of 330,651 US employers · FY2008–FY2026

25.1% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 2,764 filings / 11,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Top 30% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Education 2,764 filings / 11,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 30% of 4,213 in Education reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2026

Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings

96% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 2,654 of this employer's 2,764 · FY2008–FY2026 filings

#38 of 5,010 Work-visa filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2026 filings

#289 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings

2,654 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026

24.1% Work-visa filings per employee 2,654 filings / 11,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Top 26% Work-visa filings per employee, Education 2,654 filings / 11,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 26% of 2,975 in Education with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026

Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings

4% Green-card filings, share of all filings 110 of this employer's 2,764 · FY2008–FY2026 filings

#135 of 7,270 Green-card filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2026 filings

#1,608 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings

110 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2026

1.0% Green-card filings per employee 110 filings / 11,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Top 74% Green-card filings per employee, Education 110 filings / 11,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 74% of 4,213 in Education with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026

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 →

49 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2026

46 Expired 48.4% rate · FY2008–FY2026

8 Denied 7.3% rate · FY2008–FY2026

7 Withdrawn 6.4% rate · FY2008–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications Cornell University has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

What this means

Cornell University applied to sponsor 110 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.

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.

How many visa applications became actual visas

9.3%

239 decisions / 2,564 certified LCAs

Total USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ decisions

239

237 initial approvals, 2 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

1.37:1

initial approvals per continuing approval, 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)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 ↗ hub, FY2010-FY2023

100.0% initial approval rate (3yr)

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 ↗ realization rate

9.3% of this employer's 2,564 certified 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 ↗ applications resulted in 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 decisions.

FY	New visa approvals	New visa rejections	Renewal approvals	Renewal rejections	Total
2023	44	0	30	1	75
2022	75	0	48	4	127
2021	57	0	48	1	106
2011	57	2	61	0	120
2010	4	0	0	0	4

5 fiscal years of 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. Data from 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.

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