Does Academy 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 Academy LTD D B A Academy Sports Outdoors

We couldn't find PERM applications filed by Academy in the Labor Department data.

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

Quick answers

Does Academy sponsor H-1B visas?

Academy has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 20 of its petitions in FY2025, including 5 for new H-1B workers and 7 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 28 more approved.

Does Academy sponsor green cards?

We found no PERM applications, the first step of most employment green cards, for Academy in the Labor Department data.

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

In FY2025, USCIS approved 100% of the workers Academy petitioned for on its first decision, out of 20 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 Academy through filing names like Academy Ltd D B A Academy Sports Outdoors. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Academy.

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