Does Northwestern Mutual 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 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company, Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company

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 Northwestern Mutual sponsor H-1B visas?

Northwestern Mutual has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 127 of its petitions in FY2025, including 9 for new H-1B workers and 8 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 57 more approved.

Does Northwestern Mutual sponsor green cards?

Northwestern Mutual has sponsored green cards recently. The Labor Department certified 38 of its PERM applications, the first step of most employment green cards, in FY2025. That's about 30 for every 100 H-1B approvals. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 52 more certified.

What is Northwestern Mutual's H-1B approval rate?

In FY2025, USCIS approved 99.2% of the workers Northwestern Mutual petitioned for on its first decision, out of 128 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 Northwestern Mutual through filing names like Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Northwestern Mutual.

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