Brocade Communications Systems LLC

560 Green card sponsorships · 1,653 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2025
FEIN 77-0409517 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)
Also filed as Brocade Communications Systems BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS LLC
Filing volume Top 1% of 332,896 US employers by PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ + LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ volume
10,500 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
560 Green-card filings PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record
1,653 Work-visa filings LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Manufacturing · est. 10,500 U.S. employees
  • 3% Green-card filings denied 18 of 560 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    36% Green-card filings certified 199 of 560 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    Jun 2026 Last filing
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 2,213 filings · Top 1% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 2,213 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    560 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    1,653 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 42% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 560 filings / 10,500 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 42% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    25% Green-card filings, share of all filings 560 of this employer's 2,213 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #231 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #48 of 22,482 Green-card filings rank · Manufacturing FY2008–FY2025 filings
    5.3% Green-card filings per employee 560 filings / 10,500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    75% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 1,653 of this employer's 2,213 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #499 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #54 of 13,792 Work-visa filings rank · Manufacturing FY2008–FY2025 filings
    15.7% Work-visa filings per employee 1,653 filings / 10,500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    2,213 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #987 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #119 of 22,526 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Manufacturing FY2008–FY2025 filings
    21.1% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 2,213 filings / 10,500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings

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Public record data. PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ and LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filing data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure files. Methodology →

199 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025
280 Expired 58.5% rate · FY2008–FY2025
18 Denied 3.2% rate · FY2008–FY2025
63 Withdrawn 11.2% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications Brocade Communications Systems LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 16 filingsFY2009 Q1: 36 filingsFY2010 Q1: 93 filingsFY2011 Q1: 66 filingsFY2012 Q1: 87 filingsFY2013 Q1: 51 filingsFY2015 Q1: 21 filingsFY2015 Q2: 10 filingsFY2015 Q3: 16 filingsFY2015 Q4: 6 filingsFY2016 Q1: 6 filingsFY2016 Q2: 18 filingsFY2016 Q3: 15 filingsFY2016 Q4: 21 filingsFY2017 Q1: 7 filingsFY2017 Q2: 17 filingsFY2017 Q3: 17 filingsFY2017 Q4: 12 filingsFY2018 Q1: 18 filingsFY2018 Q2: 5 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 3 filingsFY2019 Q1: 5 filingsFY2020 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q2: 1 filingsFY2022 Q1: 1 filingsFY2022 Q2: 2 filingsFY2024 Q1: 1 filingsFY2024 Q3: 2 filingsFY2026 Q1: 1 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 3 filings04693FY2008FY2011FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2022FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Brocade Communications Systems LLC applied to sponsor 560 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2025. A green card application is what an employer files to help a worker stay in the U.S. permanently.

Important: everything on this page is derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. It is not a statement of fraud, wrongdoing, or hiring intent. It describes observable filing patterns only.

Recent layoff notices

Brocade Communications Systems LLC has filed 2 WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

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