Does Southwest Airlines 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.

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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 Southwest Airlines sponsor H-1B visas?

Southwest Airlines has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 111 of its petitions in FY2025, including 3 for new H-1B workers and 4 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 42 more approved.

Does Southwest Airlines sponsor green cards?

Southwest Airlines has sponsored green cards recently. The Labor Department certified 28 of its PERM applications, the first step of most employment green cards, in FY2025. That's about 25 for every 100 H-1B approvals. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 21 more certified.

What is Southwest Airlines's H-1B approval rate?

In FY2025, USCIS approved 100% of the workers Southwest Airlines petitioned for on its first decision, out of 111 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 Southwest Airlines through filing names like Southwest Airlines Co. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Southwest Airlines.

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