Does Discover Bank sponsor green cards?

Discover Bank has filed 27 PERM (green card) applications with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does Discover Bank sponsor?

Discover Bank has filed 178 LCA (temporary work visa) applications, the precursor step for H-1B and other non-immigrant visa filings.

How long has Discover Bank been filing visa applications?

Public DOL records for Discover Bank cover fiscal years 2014 through 2026.

Discover Bank

27 Green card sponsorships · 178 Temporary work filings · Finance & Insurance · FY2014–FY2026

FEIN 51-0020270 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)

Also filed as DISCOVER BANK

Filing volume Top 2% 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

143 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025

27 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

178 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.
Finance & Insurance · est. 143 U.S. employees Showing 3 of 5 measurements · Show all →
0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 27 green-card filings · FY2014–FY2026 filings

0 Green-card filings denied FY2014–FY2026 filings

59% Green-card filings certified 16 of 27 green-card filings · last filed Apr 2026 · FY2014–FY2026

16 Green-card filings certified FY2014–FY2026

Apr 2026 Last filing

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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.

Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, Finance & Insurance 205 filings · Top 5% of 8,302 in Finance & Insurance · FY2014–FY2026

Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 205 filings · Top 2% of 330,651 US employers · FY2014–FY2026

#387 of 8,302 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2014–FY2026 filings

#6,053 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2014–FY2026 filings

205 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2014–FY2026 filings

143.4% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 205 filings / 143 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2014–FY2026 filings

Top 10% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 205 filings / 143 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 10% of 5,190 in Finance & Insurance reporting headcount · FY2014–FY2026

Top 3% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2014–FY2026 filings

87% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 178 of this employer's 205 · FY2014–FY2026 filings

#378 of 6,269 Work-visa filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2014–FY2026 filings

#5,953 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2014–FY2026 filings

178 Work-visa filings FY2014–FY2026

124.5% Work-visa filings per employee 178 filings / 143 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2014–FY2026 filings

Top 10% Work-visa filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 178 filings / 143 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 10% of 3,997 in Finance & Insurance with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2014–FY2026

Top 4% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2014–FY2026 filings

13% Green-card filings, share of all filings 27 of this employer's 205 · FY2014–FY2026 filings

#458 of 8,270 Green-card filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2014–FY2026 filings

#6,688 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2014–FY2026 filings

27 Green-card filings FY2014–FY2026

18.9% Green-card filings per employee 27 filings / 143 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2014–FY2026 filings

Top 26% Green-card filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 27 filings / 143 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 26% of 5,190 in Finance & Insurance with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2014–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 →

16 Certified green-card approvals · FY2014–FY2026

6 Expired 27.3% rate · FY2014–FY2026

0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2014–FY2026

5 Withdrawn 18.5% rate · FY2014–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications Discover Bank has filed each quarter, from FY2014 to today.

What this means

Discover Bank applied to sponsor 27 workers for green cards between 2014 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

5.4%

9 decisions / 166 certified LCAs

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

9 initial approvals, 0 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

0.05:1

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, FY2014-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

5.4% of this employer's 166 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	Renewal approvals	Renewal rejections	Total
2023	0	17	0	17
2022	2	12	0	14
2021	0	11	0	11
2020	3	9	0	12
2019	1	6	1	8
2018	2	5	1	8
2017	0	2	0	2
2016	0	2	0	2
2015	0	2	0	2
2014	1	0	0	1

10 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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