Does Abbott sponsor visas?

New H-1Bs are first-time petitions with this employer, often after the lottery. Transfers are people already on an H-1B who joined from another employer. Counts are workers USCIS approved on its first decision, and the approval rate compares them with workers it denied that year. Later appeals aren't counted.

Filed as Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Laboratories Inc, Abbott Laboratories Inc An Abbott Laboratories Company

PERM is the Labor Department step most employment green cards start with. A certification means the company sponsored someone for a green card that year. The certified rate leaves out applications the company withdrew. Later green card steps aren't published by employer.

Sources: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub and DOL PERM disclosure data

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Quick answers

Does Abbott sponsor H-1B visas?

Abbott has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 86 of its petitions in FY2025, including 14 for new H-1B workers and 19 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 60 more approved.

Does Abbott sponsor green cards?

Abbott has sponsored green cards recently. The Labor Department certified 41 of its PERM applications, the first step of most employment green cards, in FY2025. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 31 more certified.

What is Abbott's H-1B approval rate?

In FY2025, USCIS approved 99% of the workers Abbott petitioned for on its first decision, out of 87 decided. Later appeals aren't counted.

Where do these numbers come from?

H-1B counts come from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub and green card counts from Labor Department PERM disclosure data, matched to Abbott through filing names like Abbott Laboratories. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Abbott.

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  CVS Health1,073 H-1Bs53 green cards
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  Optum580 H-1Bs181 green cards
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  Elevance Health417 H-1Bs111 green cards
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  Mass General Brigham486 H-1Bs1 green card
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  The Cigna Group368 H-1Bs114 green cards
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  Mayo Clinic470 H-1Bs10 green cards