Does UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED sponsor green cards?

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED has filed 29 PERM (green card) applications with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED sponsor?

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED has filed 210 LCA (temporary work visa) applications, the precursor step for H-1B and other non-immigrant visa filings.

How long has UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED been filing visa applications?

Public DOL records for UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED cover fiscal years 2011 through 2026.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED

29 Green card sponsorships · 210 Temporary work filings · Education · FY2011–FY2026

FEIN 27-0093858 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)

Also filed as University of California, Merced UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED

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

1,910 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025

29 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

210 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. 1,910 U.S. employees Showing 3 of 5 measurements · Show all →
0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 29 green-card filings · FY2011–FY2026 filings

0 Green-card filings denied FY2011–FY2026 filings

41% Green-card filings certified 12 of 29 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2011–FY2026

12 Green-card filings certified FY2011–FY2026

Jun 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, Education 239 filings · Top 5% of 7,270 in Education · FY2011–FY2026

Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 239 filings · Top 2% of 330,651 US employers · FY2011–FY2026

#335 of 7,270 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Education FY2011–FY2026 filings

#5,315 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2011–FY2026 filings

239 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2011–FY2026 filings

12.5% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 239 filings / 1,910 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2011–FY2026 filings

Top 47% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Education 239 filings / 1,910 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 47% of 4,213 in Education reporting headcount · FY2011–FY2026

Top 3% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2011–FY2026 filings

88% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 210 of this employer's 239 · FY2011–FY2026 filings

#329 of 5,010 Work-visa filings rank · Education FY2011–FY2026 filings

#5,155 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2011–FY2026 filings

210 Work-visa filings FY2011–FY2026

11.0% Work-visa filings per employee 210 filings / 1,910 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2011–FY2026 filings

Top 44% Work-visa filings per employee, Education 210 filings / 1,910 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 44% of 2,975 in Education with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2011–FY2026

Top 3% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2011–FY2026 filings

12% Green-card filings, share of all filings 29 of this employer's 239 · FY2011–FY2026 filings

#435 of 7,270 Green-card filings rank · Education FY2011–FY2026 filings

#6,256 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2011–FY2026 filings

29 Green-card filings FY2011–FY2026

1.5% Green-card filings per employee 29 filings / 1,910 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2011–FY2026 filings

Top 65% Green-card filings per employee, Education 29 filings / 1,910 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 65% of 4,213 in Education with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2011–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 →

12 Certified green-card approvals · FY2011–FY2026

17 Expired 58.6% rate · FY2011–FY2026

0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2011–FY2026

0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2011–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED has filed each quarter, from FY2011 to today.

What this means

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED applied to sponsor 29 workers for green cards between 2011 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.

Wage & Hour Enforcement

Source: DOL Wage & Hour Division WHISARD concluded compliance actions since FY2005. Back wages, civil money penalties, and employees affected, broken down by statute (FLSA, 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 ↗ , H-2A, H-2B, SCA, Davis-Bacon, FMLA). Data mirrored nightly from the WHISARD dataset.

Back wages owed

Enforcement actions

Employees affected

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 ↗ back wages

Enforcement actions (most recent first)

Case ID	Findings date	Location	Back wages	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 ↗ portion	Employees	Statutes
1988819	2024-05-29	MERCED, CA	$0	$0	0	FMLA

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

48.0%

86 decisions / 179 certified LCAs

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

86 initial approvals, 0 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

1.59:1

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, FY2012-FY2023

100.0% initial approval rate (3yr)

FY	New visa approvals	Renewal approvals	Renewal rejections	Total
2023	3	3	0	6
2022	10	9	1	20
2021	14	5	0	19
2020	9	10	0	19
2019	13	6	0	19
2018	11	1	0	12
2017	3	8	0	11
2016	4	6	1	11
2015	8	5	0	13
2013	4	4	0	8
2012	7	2	0	9

11 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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