INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC

563 Green card sponsorships · 1,884 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2011–FY2025
Filing volume Top 0.1% 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
5,435 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
10.4% Green-card sponsorship rate 563 green-card filings / 5,435 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
34.7% Work-visa filing rate 1,884 work-visa filings / 5,435 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
45.0% Visa filings vs workforce 2,447 filings / 5,435 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Manufacturing · est. 5,435 U.S. employees
  • 57% Green-card filings certified 320 of 563 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2011–FY2025
    4 Green-card filings denied of 563 green-card filings · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    6 Green-card filings withdrawn of 563 green-card filings · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    #36 Green-card + work-visa filings 2,447 filings · last Jun 2026 · #36 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · Top 0.1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2011–FY2025
    45% Visa filings vs workforce 2,447 filings / 5,435 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    +144% Trend vs last year FY2025 127 vs FY2024 52
    #36 Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 2,447 filings · #36 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2011–FY2025
    Top 0.1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 2,447 filings · Top 0.1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2011–FY2025
    563 Green-card filings FY2011–FY2025
    1,884 Work-visa filings FY2011–FY2025
    Top 16% Work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 1,544 filings / 5,435 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 16% of 7,461 in Manufacturing with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2011–FY2025
    Top 16% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 2,107 filings / 5,435 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 16% of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2011–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.5%, 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.
LCA-to-visa realization gap

LCA realization gap: 12.4% of certified LCAs resulted in USCIS decisions

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

73% of 298 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 5,445)

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

320

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

233

42.1% rate

Denied

4

0.7% rate

Withdrawn

6

1.1% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC has filed each quarter, from FY2011 to today.

FY2011 Q1: 4 filingsFY2012 Q1: 6 filingsFY2013 Q1: 4 filingsFY2015 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 4 filingsFY2016 Q1: 4 filingsFY2016 Q2: 11 filingsFY2016 Q3: 4 filingsFY2016 Q4: 5 filingsFY2017 Q1: 6 filingsFY2017 Q2: 2 filingsFY2017 Q3: 5 filingsFY2017 Q4: 2 filingsFY2018 Q1: 6 filingsFY2018 Q2: 6 filingsFY2018 Q3: 8 filingsFY2018 Q4: 13 filingsFY2019 Q1: 24 filingsFY2020 Q1: 10 filingsFY2020 Q2: 6 filingsFY2020 Q3: 16 filingsFY2020 Q4: 4 filingsFY2021 Q1: 10 filingsFY2021 Q2: 10 filingsFY2021 Q3: 17 filingsFY2021 Q4: 23 filingsFY2022 Q1: 24 filingsFY2022 Q2: 11 filingsFY2022 Q3: 14 filingsFY2022 Q4: 7 filingsFY2023 Q1: 14 filingsFY2023 Q2: 13 filingsFY2023 Q3: 8 filingsFY2023 Q4: 8 filingsFY2024 Q1: 6 filingsFY2024 Q2: 10 filingsFY2024 Q3: 36 filingsFY2025 Q1: 25 filingsFY2025 Q2: 28 filingsFY2025 Q3: 21 filingsFY2025 Q4: 53 filingsFY2026 Q1: 6 filingsFY2026 Q2: 31 filingsFY2026 Q3: 37 filings02653FY2011FY2015FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC applied to sponsor 563 workers for green cards between 2011 and 2025. 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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