Does Howard University sponsor green cards?

Howard University 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 Howard University sponsor?

Howard University has filed 587 LCA (temporary work visa) applications, the precursor step for H-1B and other non-immigrant visa filings.

How long has Howard University been filing visa applications?

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

Howard University

27 Green card sponsorships · 587 Temporary work filings · Education · FY2008–FY2026

FEIN 53-0204707 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)

Also filed as HOWARD UNIVERSITY

Filing volume Top 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

5,000 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

587 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

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

We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
Education · est. 5,000 U.S. employees Showing 3 of 5 measurements · Show all →
7% Green-card filings denied 2 of 27 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

2 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2026 filings

30% Green-card filings certified 8 of 27 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2026

8 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 14.8% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
History, not a hiring promise.

We look at green-card filings denied, left unused, and certified.
Education · est. 5,000 U.S. employees Showing 6 of 10 measurements · Show all →
7% Green-card filings denied 2 of 27 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

2 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2026 filings

52% Green-card filings left unused 14 of 27 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

14 Green-card filings left unused FY2008–FY2026 filings

30% Green-card filings certified 8 of 27 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2026

8 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2026

11% Green-card filings withdrawn 3 of 27 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

3 Green-card filings withdrawn FY2008–FY2026 filings

Jun 2026 Last filing

$64,085 Median wage, Computer Software Engineers, Applications FY2008–FY2026

4 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.
History, not a hiring promise.

We look at work-visa filings denied, certified, and USCIS H-1B petitions approved.
Education · est. 5,000 U.S. employees Showing 7 of 8 measurements · Show all →
69 Work-visa filings denied of 587 work-visa filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

84% Work-visa filings certified 495 of 587 work-visa filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

495 Work-visa filings certified FY2008–FY2026 filings

97% USCIS H-1B petitions approved 427 of 440 petitions decided · initial and continuing combined · USCIS H-1B petitions · FY2009–FY2023

18 Work-visa filings certified-withdrawn of 587 work-visa filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

5 Work-visa filings withdrawn of 587 work-visa filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Jun 2026 Last filing

22:1 Temp-to-perm 587 work visas / 27 green cards · FY2008–FY2026

1 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.
History, not a hiring promise.

We look at green-card filings denied, work-visa filings certified, and green-card filings withdrawn.
Education · est. 5,000 U.S. employees Showing 6 of 9 measurements · Show all →
7% Green-card filings denied 2 of 27 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

2 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2026 filings

84% Work-visa filings certified 495 of 587 work-visa filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

495 Work-visa filings certified FY2008–FY2026 filings

11% Green-card filings withdrawn 3 of 27 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

3 Green-card filings withdrawn FY2008–FY2026 filings

Jun 2026 Last filing

22:1 Temp-to-perm 587 work visas / 27 green cards · FY2008–FY2026

$64,085 Median wage, Computer Software Engineers, Applications FY2008–FY2026

3 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.
Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 14.8% < 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 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, Education 614 filings · Top 3% of 7,270 in Education · FY2008–FY2026

Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 614 filings · Top 1% of 330,651 US employers · FY2008–FY2026

#184 of 7,270 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2026 filings

#2,128 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings

614 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings

12.3% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 614 filings / 5,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Top 48% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Education 614 filings / 5,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 48% 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 587 of this employer's 614 · FY2008–FY2026 filings

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

#1,880 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings

587 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026

11.7% Work-visa filings per employee 587 filings / 5,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Top 42% Work-visa filings per employee, Education 587 filings / 5,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 42% of 2,975 in Education with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026

Top 4% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings

4% Green-card filings, share of all filings 27 of this employer's 614 · FY2008–FY2026 filings

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

#6,688 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings

27 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2026

0.5% Green-card filings per employee 27 filings / 5,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Top 84% Green-card filings per employee, Education 27 filings / 5,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 84% 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 →

8 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2026

14 Expired 63.6% rate · FY2008–FY2026

2 Denied 7.4% rate · FY2008–FY2026

3 Withdrawn 11.1% rate · FY2008–FY2026

Filings over time

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

What this means

Howard University applied to sponsor 27 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

31.6%

158 decisions / 500 certified LCAs

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

158

149 initial approvals, 9 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

Normal

100.0% initial approval rate (3yr)

FY	New visa approvals	New visa rejections	Renewal approvals	Renewal rejections	Total
2023	2	0	3	0	5
2022	16	0	16	1	33
2021	7	0	8	1	16
2020	3	0	13	0	16
2019	15	0	11	1	27
2018	8	1	5	0	14
2017	3	0	22	0	25
2016	8	0	27	0	35
2015	9	1	13	0	23
2014	2	0	32	0	34
2013	0	0	1	0	1
2012	22	2	24	0	48
2011	29	1	65	0	95
2009	25	4	38	1	68

14 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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