Green-card sponsors for F-1 / OPT
Employers that started a green card (filed a PERM application) for a worker still on an F-1 / OPT student visa. 59,574 F-1-stage filings, FY2017–2024.
Which employers sponsor green cards for F-1 and OPT students?
Intel, Amazon, and Google filed the most green-card (PERM) applications for workers still on an F-1 or OPT student visa, led by Intel with 5,196. U.S. Department of Labor PERM data records 59,574 such filings across FY2017 to 2024, where the worker's status at filing was still F-1.
All top F-1 sponsors
Every PERM (green-card) case where the worker was on F-1 at filing. The top roleunder each employer shows some unusual uses of the student visa. F-1 is a minority path, about 9% of status-disclosed filings against 69% already on H-1B, and PERM is only the first step, so most still bridge via H-1B. class_of_admission is disclosed FY2017–2024 only.