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Whatsapp INC.

PERM · California · Offered wage (per year) ≈ $170,100

97PERM decisions
85Certified (approved)
87.6%Approval rate
5Denied
FY2018–24Active

At a glance

  • Whatsapp INC. filed 97 PERM cases from FY2018 to FY2024; 87.6% were approved.

  • Most common job: Software Developers, Systems Software.

01

Decisions by fiscal year

FY18: 23, FY19: 30, FY20: 20, FY21: 5, FY22: 7, FY23: 7, FY24: 5010203040FY18 · Certified: 23FY1823FY19 · Certified: 30FY1930FY20 · Certified: 19FY20 · Withdrawn: 1FY2020FY21 · Certified: 4FY21 · Withdrawn: 1FY215FY22 · Certified: 3FY22 · Withdrawn: 4FY227FY23 · Certified: 5FY23 · Denied: 1FY23 · Withdrawn: 1FY237FY24 · Certified: 1FY24 · Denied: 4FY245
  • Certified
  • Denied
  • Withdrawn
02

Job titles

  1. Software Developers, Systems Software47
  2. Software Developers, Applications16
  3. Statisticians7
  4. Computer Systems Analysts7
  5. Computer and Information Systems Managers6
  6. Marketing Managers5
  7. Multimedia Artists and Animators2
  8. Architectural and Engineering Managers2
  9. Technical Writers1
  10. Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers1
03

Minimum education

Master's 81.4%, Bachelor's 14.4%, Doctorate 4.1%97Cases
  • Master's 81.4%
  • Bachelor's 14.4%
  • Doctorate 4.1%
04

Work states

  1. California97
05

Workers’ countries

  1. India44
  2. China36
  3. Canada4
  4. Russia3
  5. Ukraine2
  6. Australia2
  7. Vietnam1
  8. Spain1
  9. Peru1
  10. Israel1
06

Recent PERM cases

Case numberDecision dateStatusJobWorksiteCountry
A-21109-756852024-08-06DeniedEngineering ManagerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-21026-458632024-08-06DeniedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-20318-211162024-08-02DeniedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-21063-583562023-10-19DeniedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-22293-434682023-10-17CertifiedProduct Marketing Manager, ConsumerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-22256-204972023-08-25CertifiedTechnical Quality SpecialistMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-21106-750282023-08-10DeniedProduct ManagerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-21113-778962023-08-10CertifiedTechnical SpecialistMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-21011-408712023-07-19CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-20321-215262023-06-15CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-20321-215772023-06-15CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CARussia
A-21049-536532023-05-25WithdrawnProduct Marketing ManagerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-21153-951492022-09-27CertifiedProduct Design ManagerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-20052-219392022-02-11WithdrawnEngineering Manager, WhatsAppMenlo Park, CACanada
A-21012-411922022-02-11WithdrawnContent SpecialistMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-21167-024212021-12-20CertifiedDirector, Head of WhatsApp DesignMenlo Park, CAIsrael
A-21148-935332021-11-17CertifiedData Science ManagerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-21061-572842021-10-22WithdrawnProduct DesignerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-21168-028392021-10-12WithdrawnConsumer Product Marketing Manager, Payments (WhatsApp)Menlo Park, CAIndia
A-20120-485562021-05-06CertifiedResearch ManagerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-21076-632592021-04-19WithdrawnEngineering ManagerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-20134-541042020-12-10CertifiedData ScientistMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-19305-780922020-12-03CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAPeru
A-20128-516412020-12-03CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-20114-462712020-09-30CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-20094-391082020-09-28CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19242-516942020-06-23CertifiedMarket ManagerMenlo Park, CACanada
A-20030-134442020-06-22CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-20010-055082020-05-20CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-19352-973992020-05-14CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19331-887652020-04-30CertifiedTechnical SpecialistMenlo Park, CAUkraine
A-19318-831732020-04-28CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-19311-806432020-04-20CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19254-566732020-04-17CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CACanada
A-19140-075302020-04-16CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CARussia
A-19310-801292020-04-16CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19281-681112020-03-17CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-19267-621632020-03-09CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19259-587852020-02-13CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CARussia
A-19260-590012020-02-13CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19254-567602020-01-06CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-19119-984652019-12-18CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-19254-567002019-11-07WithdrawnSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19206-356192019-11-01CertifiedEngineering ManagerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19167-189162019-09-27CertifiedData ScientistMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19161-161852019-09-19CertifiedProgram ManagerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-19165-184142019-09-18CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19151-124702019-08-08CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19133-043702019-07-26CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19141-083282019-07-24CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19149-114142019-07-23CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19126-017012019-06-25CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-19051-748642019-06-12CertifiedData ScientistMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19060-780902019-05-23CertifiedAnti-Abuse AnalystMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19053-759452019-05-14CertifiedFront End EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-19028-669542019-05-13CertifiedProduct DesignerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-19035-696482019-05-10CertifiedDecision ScientistMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-19022-646612019-05-06CertifiedData AnalystMenlo Park, CAChina
A-19022-646722019-05-03CertifiedSoftware EngineerMenlo Park, CAIndia
A-18323-429832019-04-10CertifiedEngineering ManagerMenlo Park, CAIndia

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification – PERM public disclosure data. Updated 2026-10-28 17:35 UTC. GVS is not affiliated with these employers or the U.S. government. Past PERM approvals do not mean an employer is hiring now or that a future case will be approved. Personal names, attorneys and agents are not shown.

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