Does Novartis 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 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Inc, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical and 2 more

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 Novartis sponsor H-1B visas?

Novartis has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 147 of its petitions in FY2025, including 37 for new H-1B workers and 31 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 87 more approved.

Does Novartis sponsor green cards?

Novartis has sponsored green cards recently. The Labor Department certified 44 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 28 more certified.

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

In FY2025, USCIS approved 97% of the workers Novartis petitioned for on its first decision, out of 151 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 Novartis through filing names like Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Novartis.

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  CVS Health1,073 H-1Bs53 green cards
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  Optum580 H-1Bs181 green cards
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  Elevance Health417 H-1Bs111 green cards
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  Mass General Brigham486 H-1Bs1 green card
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  The Cigna Group368 H-1Bs114 green cards
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  Mayo Clinic470 H-1Bs10 green cards