Does Cognizant sponsor visas?
USCIS approved 4,365 H-1B petitions for Cognizant in FY2025, and the Labor Department certified 1,235 of its green card applications in FY2024.
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Labor Department suspends green card filings at Microsoft, Adobe and six IT firms
The administration says the Labor Department won't accept new or pending PERM applications from these employers while it looks into alleged fraud and harm to US workers. No end date has been given. News reports say existing H-1B visas and green cards aren't affected.
H-1B sponsorship
Sponsors H-1B4,365
approved petitions in FY2025
743
new H-1Bs
659
transfers in
98%
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 Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp, Cognizant Technology Solutions US, Cognizant Trizetto Software Group Inc and 5 more
What people report
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Green card sponsorship
Green cards suspended1,235
PERM certifications in FY2024
0
denied
100%
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
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Quick answers
- Does Cognizant sponsor H-1B visas?
- Cognizant has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 4,365 of its petitions in FY2025, including 743 for new H-1B workers and 659 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 3,530 more approved.
- Does Cognizant sponsor green cards?
- Cognizant has sponsored green cards recently. The Labor Department certified 1,235 of its PERM applications, the first step of most employment green cards, in FY2024. News reports say green card sponsorship at Cognizant is suspended.
- What is Cognizant's H-1B approval rate?
- In FY2025, USCIS approved 98% of the workers Cognizant petitioned for on its first decision, out of 4,435 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 Cognizant through filing names like Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Cognizant.
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