H-1B sponsorARFEIN 71-0744870Updated Jul 2026

Department of Veterans Affairs

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for Department of Veterans Affairs. Filed 187 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2025 from worksites with a AR headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2025

Certified

100.0%

unconditional · FY2025

Withdrawn

0.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2025

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2025

Summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a federal agency based in Arkansas that has sponsored H-1B visa petitions for specialty occupations, primarily in healthcare roles. In fiscal year 2025, the VA filed 3 H-1B petitions, all of which were certified.

Since 2010, the VA has submitted 187 total H-1B filings with a 74.3% certification rate, 4.3% withdrawal rate, and 19.8% denial rate. The agency's H-1B activity has concentrated heavily in physician roles: 133 filings were for Physicians, All Other, followed by Surgeons, All Other (12 filings), Psychiatrists (9), and smaller numbers of Cardiologists and Medical Scientists. Filing volume peaked in 2010 with 47 petitions and has declined significantly in recent years, with minimal activity since 2019.

Department of Veterans Affairs H-1B
VA H-1B sponsor
federal agency physician visa
Department of Veterans Affairs visa petitions
H-1B healthcare roles

H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of Department of Veterans Affairs’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	74.3%
Cert-withdrawn	1.6%
Withdrawn	4.3%
Denied	19.8%

Certified74.3%

Cert-withdrawn1.6%

Withdrawn4.3%

Denied19.8%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by Department of Veterans Affairs across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	29-1229	Physicians, All Other	133
2	29-1249	Surgeons, All Other	12
3	29-1223	Psychiatrists	9
4	19-1042	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	6
5	29-1212	Cardiologists	6
6	29-1216	General Internal Medicine Physicians	5
7	29-1241	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	3
8	21-1099	Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	3
9	29-1171	Nurse Practitioners	3
10	29-1222	Physicians, Pathologists	2

Physicians, All Other

133

Surgeons, All Other

Psychiatrists

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Cardiologists

General Internal Medicine Physicians

Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric

Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other

Nurse Practitioners

Physicians, Pathologists

H-1B filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2010	47
FY2011	33
FY2012	27
FY2013	13
FY2014	15
FY2015	13
FY2016	5
FY2017	10
FY2018	11
FY2019	6
FY2024	4
FY2025	3

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