Does University of Wisconsin System sponsor green cards?

University of Wisconsin System has filed 125 PERM (green card) applications with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does University of Wisconsin System sponsor?

University of Wisconsin System has filed 1,796 LCA (temporary work visa) applications, the precursor step for H-1B and other non-immigrant visa filings.

What is University of Wisconsin System's government approval rate?

Across 125 PERM filings, University of Wisconsin System has a U.S. Department of Labor approval rate of 100.0% (denial rate 0.0%).

How long has University of Wisconsin System been filing visa applications?

Public DOL records for University of Wisconsin System cover fiscal years 2019 through 2026.

University of Wisconsin System

125 Green card sponsorships · 1,796 Temporary work filings · Education · FY2019–FY2026

FEIN 39-6006492 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)

Also filed as Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Univ of WI System Univ of WI System - Green Bay Univ of WI System Admin Univ of WI System/Eau Claire Univ of WI System/Green Bay Univ of WI System/La Crosse Univ of WI System/Oshkosh Univ of WI System/Parkside Univ of WI System/Plateville Univ of WI System/Platteville Univ of WI System/River Falls Univ of WI System/Stout Univ of WI System/Superior Univ of Wisconsin-Stevens Point University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINMADISON UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINMILWAUKEE

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

39,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024

125 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

1,796 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

$108,000 Median offered wage FY2024 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 · Economics Teachers, Post secondary (25-1063)

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. 39,000 U.S. employees Showing 3 of 5 measurements · Show all →
2% Green-card filings denied 3 of 125 green-card filings · FY2019–FY2026 filings

3 Green-card filings denied FY2019–FY2026 filings

67% Green-card filings certified 84 of 125 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2019–FY2026

84 Green-card filings certified FY2019–FY2026

Jun 2026 Last filing

2 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.
Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% < 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 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 1,921 filings · Top 1% of 330,651 US employers · FY2019–FY2026

#63 of 7,270 Green-card + work-visa filings, Education 1,921 filings · #63 of 7,270 in Education · FY2019–FY2026

#517 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2019–FY2026 filings

1,921 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2019–FY2026 filings

4.9% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 1,921 filings / 39,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2019–FY2026 filings

Top 71% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Education 1,921 filings / 39,000 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 71% of 4,213 in Education reporting headcount · FY2019–FY2026

Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2019–FY2026 filings

93% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 1,796 of this employer's 1,921 · FY2019–FY2026 filings

#62 of 5,010 Work-visa filings rank · Education FY2019–FY2026 filings

#456 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2019–FY2026 filings

1,796 Work-visa filings FY2019–FY2026

4.6% Work-visa filings per employee 1,796 filings / 39,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2019–FY2026 filings

Top 69% Work-visa filings per employee, Education 1,796 filings / 39,000 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 69% of 2,975 in Education with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2019–FY2026

+258% Green-card filings, FY2024 vs FY2023 43 vs 12

Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2019–FY2026 filings

7% Green-card filings, share of all filings 125 of this employer's 1,921 · FY2019–FY2026 filings

#114 of 7,270 Green-card filings rank · Education FY2019–FY2026 filings

#1,400 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2019–FY2026 filings

125 Green-card filings FY2019–FY2026

0.3% Green-card filings per employee 125 filings / 39,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2019–FY2026 filings

Which entities?

University of Wisconsin System
Univ of WI System
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINMADISON
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINMILWAUKEE
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Univ of WI System Admin
Univ of WI System/Eau Claire
Univ of WI System/Green Bay
Univ of WI System/La Crosse
Univ of WI System/Oshkosh
Univ of WI System/Parkside
Univ of WI System/Plateville
Univ of WI System/Platteville
Univ of WI System/River Falls
Univ of WI System/Stout
Univ of WI System/Superior
Univ of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

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 →

84 Certified green-card approvals · FY2019–FY2026

33 Expired 28.2% rate · FY2019–FY2026

3 Denied 2.4% rate · FY2019–FY2026

5 Withdrawn 4.0% rate · FY2019–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications University of Wisconsin System has filed each quarter, from FY2019 to today.

What this means

University of Wisconsin System applied to sponsor 125 workers for green cards between 2019 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.

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 →

19 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
Economics Teachers, Post secondary 25-1063	FY2024	7	$108,000	$62,040	Level I
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1011	FY2024	5	$86,640	$68,230	Level I
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1011	FY2022	7	$122,000	$53,300	Level I
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1021	FY2021	7	$86,000	$72,230	Level I
Engineering Teachers, Post secondary 25-1032	FY2021	7	$75,000	$63,990	Level I
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1011	FY2021	6	$102,500	$60,500	Level I
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1011	FY2020	7	$110,000	$69,450	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

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
2004265	2025-06-13	STEVENS POINT, WI	$0	$0	0	FMLA
1960148	2021-11-01	Madison, WI	$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

0.0%

0 decisions / 957 certified LCAs

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

0 initial approvals, 0 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

—

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, FY2019-FY2019

FY	New visa approvals	New visa rejections	Renewal approvals	Renewal rejections	Total
2019	0	0	2	0	2

1 fiscal year 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.

Subsidiaries 17

Combined: 433 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 ↗ + 2,686 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 ↗ filings

Subsidiary	vs All	vs Industry	Green card sponsorships	Temporary work filings	Employees
Univ of WI System	--	--	111	79	12,963
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	--	--	92	430	3,900
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINMADISON	--	--	84	0	22,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINMILWAUKEE	--	--	19	0	3,600
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System	--	--	2	7	1,100
Univ of WI System Admin	--	--	0	3	—
Univ of WI System/Eau Claire	--	--	0	48	—
Univ of WI System/Green Bay	--	--	0	50	—
Univ of WI System/La Crosse	--	--	0	62	—
Univ of WI System/Oshkosh	--	--	0	17	—
Univ of WI System/Parkside	--	--	0	24	—
Univ of WI System/Plateville	--	--	0	8	—
Univ of WI System/Platteville	--	--	0	72	—
Univ of WI System/River Falls	--	--	0	35	—
Univ of WI System/Stout	--	--	0	38	—
Univ of WI System/Superior	--	--	0	13	—
Univ of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	--	--	0	4	—

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