THE SPONSORSHIP PICTURE

Behind every number,
a bigger picture.

Follow public sponsorship records across fiscal years.
See what changed, then explore the employers behind it.

Fiscal year

Complete fiscal yearOct 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2025USCIS Employer Data Hub

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Decision worker counts415,272+1.9% vs FY2024

Approved counts406,347+1.7% vs FY2024

Denied counts8,925+8.4% vs FY2024

Denial share2.1%+0.1 percentage points vs FY2024

Unit: worker counts in first decisions. Denial share = denied ÷ (approved + denied). These are not unique people or visas issued.

01 / THE LONG VIEW

A decade, in perspective.

Published decision worker counts, by fiscal year.

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FY2025Complete415,272 decision worker counts2.1% denial shareOct 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2025

Fiscal years run October 1 to September 30. Partial releases use hollow marks and are excluded from year-over-year comparisons. Missing snapshots are gaps, never zeroes. FY2023 introduces six employment-purpose categories. FY2016–2022 retain the published Initial/Continuing categories; they are not reinterpreted as the newer purposes.

02 / INSIDE THE YEAR

Where the records landed.

One source. One reporting period. Each branch is a reported outcome.

FY2025 · complete

USCIS FIRST DECISIONS415,272decision worker counts · FY2025

Approved406,347
97.9%
Denied8,925
2.1%

Shares use all decision worker counts in this release. Counts cover workers in first decisions, not unique people or visas issued. Appeals, revocations and pending cases are outside this split.

03 / EMPLOYMENT PURPOSE

Not every decision is for a new job.

Approval and denial shares within each published employment purpose.

ApprovedDenied

Published purposeApproval / denial mixDenied share

New employment113,458 approved · 3,270 denied

2.8%

Continuation118,194 approved · 1,963 denied

1.6%

Change with same employer39,967 approved · 688 denied

1.7%

Concurrent employment1,346 approved · 84 denied

5.9%

Change of employer68,168 approved · 1,385 denied

2.0%

Amended petition65,214 approved · 1,535 denied

2.3%

Each bar totals 100% of its reported approved and denied counts. Bar length does not show the category’s volume. Missing counts and categories with no decisions have an unavailable rate.

04 / GEOGRAPHY

Where the records cluster.

Employer mailing states, not workers’ locations.

California87,757

Texas42,522

New Jersey32,853

New York32,693

Virginia30,369

Illinois21,307

Massachusetts17,934

Select a state to explore its employers in the same source and fiscal year. Each record contributes to one reported state.