Does Intuitive 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 Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc, Intuitive Surgical Inc

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 Intuitive sponsor H-1B visas?

Intuitive has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 274 of its petitions in FY2025, including 20 for new H-1B workers and 67 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 160 more approved.

Does Intuitive sponsor green cards?

Intuitive has sponsored green cards recently. The Labor Department certified 130 of its PERM applications, the first step of most employment green cards, in FY2025. That's about 47 for every 100 H-1B approvals. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 75 more certified.

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

In FY2025, USCIS approved 98% of the workers Intuitive petitioned for on its first decision, out of 281 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 Intuitive through filing names like Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Intuitive.

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