Does Cisco sponsor visas?
USCIS approved 1,991 H-1B petitions for Cisco in FY2025, and the Labor Department certified 295 of its green card applications.
See Cisco reviewsH-1B sponsorship
Sponsors H-1B1,991
approved petitions in FY2025
184
new H-1Bs
229
transfers in
99%
approved
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 Cisco Systems Inc, Cisco Systems Capital Corporation
What people report
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Green card sponsorship
Sponsors green cards295
PERM certifications in FY2025
1
denied
99.6%
certified
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.
What people report
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Sources: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub and DOL PERM disclosure data
Immigration support
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Quick answers
- Does Cisco sponsor H-1B visas?
- Cisco has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 1,991 of its petitions in FY2025, including 184 for new H-1B workers and 229 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 1,222 more approved.
- Does Cisco sponsor green cards?
- Cisco has sponsored green cards recently. The Labor Department certified 295 of its PERM applications, the first step of most employment green cards, in FY2025. That's about 15 for every 100 H-1B approvals. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 552 more certified.
- What is Cisco's H-1B approval rate?
- In FY2025, USCIS approved 99% of the workers Cisco petitioned for on its first decision, out of 2,014 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 Cisco through filing names like Cisco Systems Inc. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Cisco.
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