Does University of Michigan 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 University of Michigan

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 University of Michigan sponsor H-1B visas?

University of Michigan has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 470 of its petitions in FY2025, including 244 for new H-1B workers and 25 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 280 more approved.

Does University of Michigan sponsor green cards?

University of Michigan 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 8 for every 100 H-1B approvals. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 53 more certified.

What is University of Michigan's H-1B approval rate?

In FY2025, USCIS approved 99.1% of the workers University of Michigan petitioned for on its first decision, out of 474 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 University of Michigan through filing names like University Of Michigan. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from University of Michigan.

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  Stanford University675 H-1Bs9 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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  UC San Francisco310 H-1Bs0 green cards
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  Johns Hopkins University296 H-1Bs10 green cards
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  University of Pittsburgh272 H-1Bs30 green cards