Does Merck sponsor visas?
USCIS approved 142 H-1B petitions for Merck in FY2025, and the Labor Department certified 19 of its green card applications.
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Sponsors H-1B142
approved petitions in FY2025
38
new H-1Bs
27
transfers in
96%
approved
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 Merck Sharp and Dohme LLC
What people report
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Green card sponsorship
Sponsors green cards19
PERM certifications in FY2025
1
denied
95%
certified
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.
What people report
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Sources: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub and DOL PERM disclosure data
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Quick answers
- Does Merck sponsor H-1B visas?
- Merck has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 142 of its petitions in FY2025, including 38 for new H-1B workers and 27 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 80 more approved.
- Does Merck sponsor green cards?
- Merck has sponsored green cards recently. The Labor Department certified 19 of its PERM applications, the first step of most employment green cards, in FY2025. That's about 13 for every 100 H-1B approvals. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 9 more certified.
- What is Merck's H-1B approval rate?
- In FY2025, USCIS approved 96% of the workers Merck petitioned for on its first decision, out of 148 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 Merck through filing names like Merck Sharp And Dohme LLC. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Merck.
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