Google Inc.

25,133 Green card sponsorships · 99,531 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume #4 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
96,858 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
25.9% Green-card sponsorship rate 25,133 green-card filings / 96,858 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
102.8% Work-visa filing rate 99,531 work-visa filings / 96,858 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
128.7% Visa filings vs workforce 124,664 filings / 96,858 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Professional Services · est. 96,858 U.S. employees
  • 52% Green-card filings certified 13,074 of 25,133 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    145 Green-card filings denied of 25,133 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    335 Green-card filings withdrawn of 25,133 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #2 Green-card + work-visa filings 124,664 filings · last Jun 2026 · #2 of 46,637 in Professional Services · #4 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    129% Visa filings vs workforce 124,664 filings / 96,858 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    -100% Trend vs last year FY2025 2 vs FY2024 1,616
    #2 Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 124,664 filings · #2 of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2008–FY2025
    #4 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 124,664 filings · #4 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    25,133 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    99,531 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 35% Work-visa filings per employee, Professional Services 73,955 filings / 96,858 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 35% of 20,916 in Professional Services with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 27% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Professional Services 99,088 filings / 96,858 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 27% of 28,564 in Professional Services reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.6%, below the 60% we require before pairing layoffs with visa filings for a named employer. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Filing pattern observations

Filing patterns are statistical observations derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. They do not constitute accusations of wrongdoing. Wage levels are determined by the DOL's rigid 5-step NPWC evaluation process based on O*NET Job Zone requirements. Use this information to inform your own due diligence.

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 →

Certified

13,074

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 ↗ approvals

Expired

11,579

47.0% rate

Denied

145

0.6% rate

Withdrawn

335

1.3% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Google Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 176 filingsFY2009 Q1: 112 filingsFY2010 Q1: 299 filingsFY2011 Q1: 352 filingsFY2012 Q1: 416 filingsFY2013 Q1: 329 filingsFY2015 Q1: 272 filingsFY2015 Q2: 372 filingsFY2015 Q3: 269 filingsFY2015 Q4: 579 filingsFY2016 Q1: 501 filingsFY2016 Q2: 344 filingsFY2016 Q3: 539 filingsFY2016 Q4: 384 filingsFY2017 Q1: 526 filingsFY2017 Q2: 258 filingsFY2017 Q3: 517 filingsFY2017 Q4: 491 filingsFY2018 Q1: 242 filingsFY2018 Q2: 531 filingsFY2018 Q3: 656 filingsFY2018 Q4: 836 filingsFY2019 Q1: 2425 filingsFY2020 Q1: 331 filingsFY2020 Q2: 582 filingsFY2020 Q3: 1283 filingsFY2020 Q4: 667 filingsFY2021 Q1: 457 filingsFY2021 Q2: 544 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1184 filingsFY2021 Q4: 785 filingsFY2022 Q1: 781 filingsFY2022 Q2: 630 filingsFY2022 Q3: 302 filingsFY2022 Q4: 66 filingsFY2023 Q1: 447 filingsFY2023 Q2: 992 filingsFY2023 Q3: 2167 filingsFY2023 Q4: 870 filingsFY2024 Q1: 1151 filingsFY2024 Q2: 462 filingsFY2024 Q4: 3 filingsFY2025 Q1: 2 filingsFY2026 Q3: 1 filings012122425FY2008FY2011FY2015FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2024FY2025
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Google Inc. applied to sponsor 25,133 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

Google Inc. 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.

Subsidiaries 5

Combined: 19,137 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 ↗ + 76,763 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

Subsidiary vs All vs Industry Trend (8Q) Green card sponsorships Temporary work filings Employees
Waymo LLC
-- -- 424 2,071 2,164
Verily Life Sciences LLC
-- -- 116 636 1,013
FITBIT, INC.
-- -- 100 327 1,694
Wing Aviation LLC
-- -- 30 202 312
CALICO LLC
-- -- 1 4 —

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