Does UNIVERSITY OF IOWA sponsor green cards?

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA has filed 628 PERM (green card) applications with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

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

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA has filed 1,914 LCA (temporary work visa) applications, the precursor step for H-1B and other non-immigrant visa filings.

What is UNIVERSITY OF IOWA's government approval rate?

Across 628 PERM filings, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA has a U.S. Department of Labor approval rate of 100.0% (denial rate 0.0%).

How long has UNIVERSITY OF IOWA been filing visa applications?

Public DOL records for UNIVERSITY OF IOWA cover fiscal years 2008 through 2025.

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

628 Green card sponsorships · 1,914 Temporary work filings · Education · FY2008–FY2025

FEIN 42-6004813 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)

Also filed as The University of Iowa University of Iowa

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

28,500 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025

628 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

1,914 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

$130,000 Median offered wage FY2025 n=7 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 · Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary (25-1071.00)

What this means for you

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We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
Education · est. 28,500 U.S. employees Showing 3 of 5 measurements · Show all →
3% Green-card filings denied 18 of 628 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings

18 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2025 filings

40% Green-card filings certified 250 of 628 green-card filings · last filed May 2026 · FY2008–FY2025

250 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2025

May 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 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 2,542 filings · Top 1% of 330,651 US employers · FY2008–FY2025

#44 of 7,270 Green-card + work-visa filings, Education 2,542 filings · #44 of 7,270 in Education · FY2008–FY2025

#353 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings

2,542 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025 filings

8.9% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 2,542 filings / 28,500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings

Top 57% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Education 2,542 filings / 28,500 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 57% of 4,213 in Education reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025

Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings

75% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 1,914 of this employer's 2,542 · FY2008–FY2025 filings

#56 of 5,010 Work-visa filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2025 filings

#421 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings

1,914 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025

6.7% Work-visa filings per employee 1,914 filings / 28,500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings

Top 59% Work-visa filings per employee, Education 1,914 filings / 28,500 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 59% of 2,975 in Education with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025

-22% Green-card filings, FY2024 vs FY2023 14 vs 18

Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings

25% Green-card filings, share of all filings 628 of this employer's 2,542 · FY2008–FY2025 filings

#5 of 7,270 Green-card filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2025 filings

#205 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings

628 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025

2.2% Green-card filings per employee 628 filings / 28,500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings

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 →

250 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025

326 Expired 56.6% rate · FY2008–FY2025

18 Denied 2.9% rate · FY2008–FY2025

34 Withdrawn 5.4% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications UNIVERSITY OF IOWA has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

What this means

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA applied to sponsor 628 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.

Offered wages on this employer’s filings

Median annual wage this employer offered, by occupation and fiscal year, over its own 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 ↗ filings — beside the prevailing wage the U.S. Department of Labor determined on the same filings. Two separate figures, never a ratio. Hourly, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly wages are converted to an annual figure using the unit DOL printed for that wage. Methodology →

10 further roles in this employer’s most recent complete year are not shown: fewer than five filings per role, which is too few to publish a wage without describing individual people.

Median offered and prevailing annual wages by occupation and fiscal year. Sortable by occupation, fiscal year and filing count only.
Occupation	Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	Median prevailing	Wage level
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071.00	FY2025	7	$130,000	not reported	not reported
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071	FY2024	11	$207,424	$105,539	Level II
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071	FY2023	5	$200,000	$105,539	Level II
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071	FY2022	14	$207,424	$105,539	Level II
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071	FY2021	5	$199,424	$131,903	Level II
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071	FY2020	19	$210,000	$131,903	Level II
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1124	FY2020	7	$50,500	$49,820	Level I
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071	FY2019	12	$191,119	$131,903	Level II
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071	FY2018	15	$178,200	$174,093	Level III
Internists, General 29-1063	FY2018	8	$199,424	$132,957	Level III
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071	FY2017	17	$171,400	$133,077	Level II
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 29-1069	FY2016	17	$176,450	$172,543	Level III
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071	FY2016	6	$182,725	$172,543	Level III
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071	FY2015	12	$166,375	$86,160	Level II
Internists, General 29-1063.00	FY2012	16	$150,000	$77,220	Level II
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042.00	FY2011	10	$60,550	$39,229	Level II
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071.00	FY2011	8	$162,500	$97,753	Level II
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071.00	FY2010	23	$150,000	$70,817	Level II
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042.00	FY2010	11	$48,000	$34,258	Level I
Aerospace Engineers 17-2011.00	FY2010	7	$67,200	$36,525	Level I
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071.00	FY2009	16	$165,000	$70,817	Level II
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071.00	FY2008	9	$93,000	$69,090	LEVEL II
Database Administrators 15-1061.00	FY2008	5	$56,430	$48,339	LEVEL II
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042.00	FY2008	5	$47,925	$32,448	LEVEL I

“Not reported” means the Department of Labor published no such figure on those filings — from FY2025 its 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 ↗ disclosure file carries the employer’s offered wage only, with no prevailing-wage determination and no wage level. It does not mean the figure is unknown to us; it means DOL did not publish one.

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

$28,049

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
1737618	2014-09-30	Iowa City, IA	$23,854	$0	17	FLSA, FLSA_OT
1689563	2013-05-14	Iowa City, IA	$374	$0	0	FLSA, SCA
1451876	2006-08-14	Iowa City, IA	$0	$0	0
1453654	2006-08-12	Iowa City, IA	$3,820	$0	1	FLSA, FLSA_OT
1409287	2005-03-01	Iowa City, IA	$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

6331.3%

1,013 decisions / 16 certified LCAs

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

1,013

1,003 initial approvals, 10 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

0.86:1

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, FY2009-FY2023

98.5% initial approval rate (3yr)

FY	New visa approvals	New visa rejections	Renewal approvals	Renewal rejections	Total
2023	33	2	49	5	89
2022	88	1	114	3	206
2021	74	0	66	3	143
2020	82	1	98	2	183
2019	88	3	84	1	176
2017	98	0	105	1	204
2016	81	0	68	0	149
2015	95	0	68	0	163
2012	85	1	71	3	160
2011	94	0	128	0	222
2010	72	1	78	2	153
2009	113	1	138	1	253

12 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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