GOLDMAN SACHS CO. LLC

1,235 Green card sponsorships · 7,335 Temporary work filings · Finance & Insurance · FY2008–FY2021
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
11,675 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2021
1,235 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
7,335 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.
  • Finance & Insurance · est. 11,675 U.S. employees
  • 5% Green-card filings denied 62 of 1,235 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2021 filings
    54% Green-card filings certified 668 of 1,235 green-card filings · last filed Dec 2020 · FY2008–FY2021
    Dec 2020 Last filing
    -90% Green-card filings, FY2021 vs FY2020 1 vs 10
    #48 of 8,325 Green-card + work-visa filings, Finance & Insurance 8,570 filings · #48 of 8,325 in Finance & Insurance · FY2008–FY2021
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 8,570 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2021
    1,235 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2021
    7,335 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2021
    Top 38% Green-card filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 1,235 filings / 11,675 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 38% of 5,190 in Finance & Insurance with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2021
    14% Green-card filings, share of all filings 1,235 of this employer's 8,570 · FY2008–FY2021 filings
    Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2021 filings
    #99 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2021 filings
    #8 of 8,270 Green-card filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2008–FY2021 filings
    10.6% Green-card filings per employee 1,235 filings / 11,675 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2021 filings
    86% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 7,335 of this employer's 8,570 · FY2008–FY2021 filings
    Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2021 filings
    #78 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2021 filings
    #4 of 6,269 Work-visa filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2008–FY2021 filings
    62.8% Work-visa filings per employee 7,335 filings / 11,675 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2021 filings
    8,570 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2021 filings
    #489 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2021 filings
    73.4% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 8,570 filings / 11,675 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2021 filings

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  • History, not a hiring promise.

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 →

668 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2021
396 Expired 37.2% rate · FY2008–FY2021
62 Denied 5.0% rate · FY2008–FY2021
109 Withdrawn 8.8% rate · FY2008–FY2021

Filings over time

How many green card applications GOLDMAN SACHS CO. LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 29 filingsFY2009 Q1: 44 filingsFY2010 Q1: 115 filingsFY2011 Q1: 147 filingsFY2012 Q1: 58 filingsFY2013 Q1: 62 filingsFY2015 Q1: 113 filingsFY2015 Q2: 40 filingsFY2015 Q3: 36 filingsFY2015 Q4: 77 filingsFY2016 Q1: 15 filingsFY2016 Q2: 20 filingsFY2016 Q3: 81 filingsFY2016 Q4: 26 filingsFY2017 Q1: 18 filingsFY2017 Q2: 18 filingsFY2017 Q3: 70 filingsFY2017 Q4: 32 filingsFY2018 Q1: 6 filingsFY2018 Q2: 13 filingsFY2018 Q3: 67 filingsFY2018 Q4: 33 filingsFY2019 Q1: 104 filingsFY2020 Q1: 8 filingsFY2020 Q2: 2 filingsFY2021 Q1: 1 filings073147FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

GOLDMAN SACHS CO. LLC applied to sponsor 1,235 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2021. 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

GOLDMAN SACHS CO. LLC has filed 7 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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Filing data sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification public disclosure files. Past filings do not predict future hiring behavior. Employers may petition for review at /dispute.

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