Does Smithsonian Institution 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 Smithsonian Institution

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

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

Quick answers

Does Smithsonian Institution sponsor H-1B visas?

Smithsonian Institution has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 17 of its petitions in FY2025, including 13 for new H-1B workers and 0 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 3 more approved.

Does Smithsonian Institution sponsor green cards?

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

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 Smithsonian Institution through filing names like Smithsonian Institution. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Smithsonian Institution.

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• CChildrens National Medical Center66 H-1Bs0 green cards
• CCostar Realty Information44 H-1Bs13 green cards
• FFinancial Industry Regulatory Authority46 H-1Bs11 green cards
• NNational Railroad Passenger Corporation Amtrak35 H-1Bs0 green cards