DRFIRST

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services · Primarily MD · PERM filings 2019–2022

#4,921 top sponsor

Overview

DRFIRST is a Professional, Scientific & Technical Services employer that has filed 17 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2022. That places it #4,921 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 11 were certified (64.7% approval rate), taking about 230 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in MD, and the median sponsored wage is $115,000.

17

PERM filings

64.7%

approval

1

denied

$115,000

median wage

230d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 17 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (71%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India12
  • Vietnam2
  • Canada1
  • Taiwan1
  • Saudi Arabia1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B15
  • TN1
  • F-11

Education

  • Master's10
  • Bachelor's5
  • Doctorate2

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations DRFIRST most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 6 $120,256
Computer Systems Analysts 3 $114,539
Database Architects 3 $115,000
Information Security Analysts 1 $135,000
Database Administrators 1 $127,858
Computer Systems EngineersArchitects 1 $113,850
Data Scientist 1 $95,784
Statisticians 1 $95,784

Common job titles

Data Warehouse Developer 3 Site Reliability Engineer 2 Software Engineer 2 Senior Integration Engineer 2 Integration Engineer 1 Senior Engineer 1 Tier 2 Technical Support Representative 1 Oracle Database Administrator 1 Senior Software Engineer 1 Java Architect 1 Data Scientist 1 Senior Data Scientist 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$95,784

25th

$115,000

median

$128,440

75th

$135,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Immigration Law Group, P.C.14
  • Cooper Immigration Law PLLC3

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-22180-81134 Data ScientistDenied Rockville, MD Jun 18, 2024
A-22276-32559 Senior Data ScientistCertified - Expired Rockville, MD Aug 28, 2023
A-22148-62682 Java ArchitectCertified - Expired Rockville, MD Feb 3, 2023
A-21279-55067 Senior Software EngineerCertified - Expired Rockville, MD Apr 29, 2022
A-21284-56591 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Rockville, MD Apr 13, 2022
A-21067-59253 Senior Integration EngineerCertified - Expired Rockville, MD Aug 20, 2021
A-21067-59248 Senior Integration EngineerCertified - Expired Rockville, MD Aug 12, 2021
A-20288-10263 Data Warehouse DeveloperCertified - Expired Rockville, MD May 11, 2021
A-20288-10267 Data Warehouse DeveloperCertified - Expired Rockville, MD May 11, 2021
A-20288-10262 Data Warehouse DeveloperCertified - Expired Rockville, MD May 11, 2021
A-20286-09510 Site Reliability EngineerCertified - Expired Rockville, MD May 7, 2021
A-20286-09535 Oracle Database AdministratorCertified - Expired Rockville, MD May 6, 2021
A-20132-52664 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Rockville, MD Nov 10, 2020
A-20129-51994 Tier 2 Technical Support RepresentativeCertified - Expired Germantown, MD Oct 28, 2020
A-20118-47387 Senior EngineerCertified - Expired Rockville, MD Oct 7, 2020
A-19318-82901 Site Reliability EngineerCertified - Expired Rockville, MD Apr 8, 2020
A-19147-10131 Integration EngineerCertified - Expired Rockville, MD Feb 11, 2020

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.