Subsidiary of Qwest Corporation

QWEST CORPORATION D/B/A CENTURYLINK QC

30 Green card sponsorships · 30 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2012–FY2026
FEIN 84-0273800 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)
Also filed as Qwest Corporation QWEST CORPORATION Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink QC Qwest Corporation d/b/a Lumen Technologies, Inc.
Filing volume Top 5% of 330,651 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
49,546 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2019
30 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
30 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

One record, five questions. Ask as many as you like.

  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Information Technology · est. 49,546 U.S. employees
  • 10% Green-card filings denied 3 of 30 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2026 filings
    3 Green-card filings denied FY2012–FY2026 filings
    47% Green-card filings certified 14 of 30 green-card filings · last filed May 2026 · FY2012–FY2026
    14 Green-card filings certified FY2012–FY2026
    May 2026 Last filing

    2 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.

  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Every measurement we computed

The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.

Top 12% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 60 filings · Top 12% of 7,238 in Information Technology · FY2012–FY2026
Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 60 filings · Top 5% of 330,651 US employers · FY2012–FY2026
#824 of 7,238 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2012–FY2026 filings
#16,109 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2026 filings
60 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2012–FY2026 filings
0.1% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 60 filings / 49,546 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2026 filings
Top 11% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2012–FY2026 filings
50% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 30 of this employer's 60 · FY2012–FY2026 filings
#1,225 of 5,644 Work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2012–FY2026 filings
#23,329 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2026 filings
0.1% Work-visa filings per employee 30 filings / 49,546 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2026 filings
Top 100% Work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 30 filings / 49,546 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 100% of 3,697 in Information Technology with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2026
Top 3% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2012–FY2026 filings
#320 of 7,230 Green-card filings rank · Information Technology FY2012–FY2026 filings
#6,064 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2026 filings
30 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2026
Top 99% Green-card filings per employee, Information Technology 30 filings / 49,546 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 99% of 4,593 in Information Technology with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2026

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 →

14 Certified green-card approvals · FY2012–FY2026
12 Expired 46.2% rate · FY2012–FY2026
3 Denied 10.0% rate · FY2012–FY2026
1 Withdrawn 3.3% rate · FY2012–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications QWEST CORPORATION D/B/A CENTURYLINK QC has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2012 Q1: 5 filingsFY2013 Q1: 3 filingsFY2015 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q3: 2 filingsFY2015 Q4: 3 filingsFY2016 Q2: 1 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 3 filingsFY2017 Q1: 3 filingsFY2017 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 3 filingsFY2019 Q1: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 1 filings025FY2012FY2013FY2015FY2017FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Data through FY2026

What this means

QWEST CORPORATION D/B/A CENTURYLINK QC applied to sponsor 30 workers for green cards between 2012 and 2026. 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.

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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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