Microsoft Corporation

37,797 Green card sponsorships · 107,782 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume #3 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
228,000
Total employees
SEC 10-K (audited) · FY2024
16.6%
Green-card sponsorship rate
37,797 PERMs / 228,000 emps
47.3%
Work-visa application rate
107,782 LCAs / 228,000 emps
63.9%
Visa applications vs workforce
Combined visa applications vs total workforce

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Information Technology · est. 228,000 U.S. employees
  • 46% Green-card filings certified 17,337 of 37,797 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025 Green-card filings (PERM) only · DOL disclosure data, case status
    #1 Green-card + work-visa filings 145,579 filings · last Jun 2026 · #1 of 7,239 in Information Technology · #3 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025 DOL PERM + LCA disclosure data
    64% Visa filings vs workforce 145,579 filings / 228,000 employees FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 SEC 10-K headcount
    +86% Trend vs last year FY2025 3,161 vs FY2024 1,704 DOL PERM disclosure data
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.4%, 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.
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 5,036 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to CHINA | PERM: 4149 filings from CHINA

Temporal How this is calculated →
Senior title with entry-level requirements

10 senior-titled positions with entry-level requirements (0.8% of titled filings)

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

17,337

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

17,668

50.5% rate

Denied

1,385

3.7% rate

Withdrawn

1,407

3.7% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Microsoft Corporation has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 991 filingsFY2009 Q1: 133 filingsFY2010 Q1: 157 filingsFY2011 Q1: 4661 filingsFY2012 Q1: 2508 filingsFY2013 Q1: 621 filingsFY2015 Q1: 528 filingsFY2015 Q2: 96 filingsFY2015 Q3: 18 filingsFY2015 Q4: 361 filingsFY2016 Q1: 124 filingsFY2016 Q2: 1698 filingsFY2016 Q3: 636 filingsFY2016 Q4: 907 filingsFY2017 Q1: 270 filingsFY2017 Q2: 567 filingsFY2017 Q3: 255 filingsFY2017 Q4: 899 filingsFY2018 Q1: 307 filingsFY2018 Q2: 166 filingsFY2018 Q3: 667 filingsFY2018 Q4: 1163 filingsFY2019 Q1: 1275 filingsFY2020 Q1: 383 filingsFY2020 Q2: 318 filingsFY2020 Q3: 453 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1166 filingsFY2021 Q1: 976 filingsFY2021 Q2: 448 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1767 filingsFY2021 Q4: 1502 filingsFY2022 Q1: 1149 filingsFY2022 Q2: 701 filingsFY2022 Q3: 596 filingsFY2022 Q4: 231 filingsFY2023 Q1: 580 filingsFY2023 Q2: 834 filingsFY2023 Q3: 585 filingsFY2023 Q4: 550 filingsFY2024 Q1: 433 filingsFY2024 Q2: 906 filingsFY2024 Q3: 359 filingsFY2024 Q4: 6 filingsFY2025 Q1: 20 filingsFY2025 Q2: 476 filingsFY2025 Q3: 1337 filingsFY2025 Q4: 1328 filingsFY2026 Q1: 97 filingsFY2026 Q2: 469 filingsFY2026 Q3: 1119 filings023304661FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2022FY2024FY2025FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Microsoft Corporation applied to sponsor 37,797 workers for green cards between 2008 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.

Recent layoff notices

Microsoft Corporation has filed 11 WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

Subsidiaries 8

Combined: 31,244 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 ↗ + 72,500 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
LinkedIn Corporation
-- -- 3,851 12,004 7,250
Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
-- -- 421 1,124 2,428
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
-- -- 159 648 4,200
GITHUB INC
-- -- 42 173 2,100
Xandr Inc.
-- -- 36 131 863
Activision Blizzard Media LLC
-- -- 27 101 166
ZENIMAX MEDIA INC.
-- -- 22 87 1,600
Microsoft Online, Inc.
-- -- 4 3 500

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