Skip to content
Know The BossKnow The Boss
← Employers A to Z
V

Does Virginia Commonwealth University sponsor visas?

Sponsors H-1BSponsors green cards

USCIS approved 63 H-1B petitions for Virginia Commonwealth University in FY2025, and the Labor Department certified 5 of its green card applications.

Filed from Richmond, VA

H-1B sponsorship

Sponsors H-1B

63

approved petitions in FY2025

24

new H-1Bs

2

transfers in

98%

approved

FY2026Oct 2025 to Jun 202638
FY2025Oct 2024 to Sep 202563
FY2024Oct 2023 to Sep 202458

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 Virginia Commonwealth University

Green card sponsorship

Sponsors green cards

5

PERM certifications in FY2025

0

denied

FY2026Oct 2025 to Jun 20261
FY2025Oct 2024 to Sep 20255
FY2024Oct 2023 to Sep 20243

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

Know what it's like to work at Virginia Commonwealth University?

The filings show what was approved, not how long the wait was or which teams sponsor. Add Virginia Commonwealth University and tell the next candidate, anonymously. It takes a couple of minutes.

Add Virginia Commonwealth University

Quick answers

Does Virginia Commonwealth University sponsor H-1B visas?
Virginia Commonwealth University has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 63 of its petitions in FY2025, including 24 for new H-1B workers and 2 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 38 more approved.
Does Virginia Commonwealth University sponsor green cards?
Virginia Commonwealth University has sponsored green cards recently. The Labor Department certified 5 of its PERM applications, the first step of most employment green cards, in FY2025. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 1 more certified.
What is Virginia Commonwealth University's H-1B approval rate?
In FY2025, USCIS approved 98% of the workers Virginia Commonwealth University petitioned for on its first decision, out of 64 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 Virginia Commonwealth University through filing names like Virginia Commonwealth University. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Other sponsors in Virginia

H-1B approvals and green cards in FY2025

Browse every employer A to Z