Does UC San Francisco 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 Univ of California San Francisco, University of California San Francisco

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 UC San Francisco sponsor H-1B visas?

UC San Francisco has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 310 of its petitions in FY2025, including 156 for new H-1B workers and 17 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 210 more approved.

Does UC San Francisco sponsor green cards?

UC San Francisco has sponsored green cards recently. The Labor Department certified 3 of its PERM applications, the first step of most employment green cards, in FY2024. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 6 more certified.

What is UC San Francisco's H-1B approval rate?

In FY2025, USCIS approved 98% of the workers UC San Francisco petitioned for on its first decision, out of 316 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 UC San Francisco through filing names like Univ Of California San Francisco. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from UC San Francisco.

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  Stanford University675 H-1Bs9 green cards
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  University of Michigan470 H-1Bs38 green cards
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  Washington University in St. Louis395 H-1Bs11 green cards
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  University of Pennsylvania308 H-1Bs7 green cards
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  Johns Hopkins University296 H-1Bs10 green cards
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  University of Pittsburgh272 H-1Bs30 green cards