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Does Ciena sponsor visas?

Sponsors H-1BSponsors green cards

USCIS approved 32 H-1B petitions for Ciena in FY2025, and the Labor Department certified 2 of its green card applications.

Filed from Hanover, MD

H-1B sponsorship

Sponsors H-1B

32

approved petitions in FY2025

2

new H-1Bs

5

transfers in

100%

approved

FY2026Oct 2025 to Jun 202620
FY2025Oct 2024 to Sep 202532
FY2024Oct 2023 to Sep 202419

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 Ciena Corporation

Green card sponsorship

Sponsors green cards

2

PERM certifications in FY2025

0

denied

FY2026Oct 2025 to Jun 20264
FY2025Oct 2024 to Sep 20252
FY2024Oct 2023 to Sep 20244

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 Ciena sponsor H-1B visas?
Ciena has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 32 of its petitions in FY2025, including 2 for new H-1B workers and 5 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 20 more approved.
Does Ciena sponsor green cards?
Ciena has sponsored green cards recently. The Labor Department certified 2 of its PERM applications, the first step of most employment green cards, in FY2025. That's down from 4 in FY2024. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 4 more certified.
What is Ciena's H-1B approval rate?
In FY2025, USCIS approved 100% of the workers Ciena petitioned for on its first decision, out of 32 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 Ciena through filing names like Ciena Corporation. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Ciena.

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