Smith International, Inc.

45 Green card sponsorships · 434 Temporary work filings · Mining & Oil · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume Top 2% 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
4,563 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
0.99% Green-card sponsorship rate 45 green-card filings / 4,563 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
9.5% Work-visa filing rate 434 work-visa filings / 4,563 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
10.5% Visa filings vs workforce 479 filings / 4,563 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Mining & Oil · est. 4,563 U.S. employees
  • 7% Green-card filings denied 3 of 45 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    42% Green-card filings certified 19 of 45 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    Jun 2026 Last filing
    10% Visa filings vs workforce 479 filings / 4,563 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 self-reported headcount
    #15 of 786 Green-card + work-visa filings, Mining & Oil 479 filings · #15 of 786 in Mining & Oil · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 479 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    45 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    434 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 65% Green-card filings per employee, Mining & Oil 45 filings / 4,563 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 65% of 458 in Mining & Oil with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    9% Green-card filings, share of all filings 45 of this employer's 479 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 2% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #4,128 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    1.0% Green-card filings per employee 45 filings / 4,563 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    91% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 434 of this employer's 479 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 2% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #2,630 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #6 of 551 Work-visa filings rank · Mining & Oil FY2008–FY2025 filings
    9.5% Work-visa filings per employee 434 filings / 4,563 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    479 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #5,977 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 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 →

19 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025
22 Expired 53.7% rate · FY2008–FY2025
3 Denied 6.7% rate · FY2008–FY2025
1 Withdrawn 2.2% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

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

FY2008 Q1: 5 filingsFY2009 Q1: 5 filingsFY2010 Q1: 14 filingsFY2011 Q1: 7 filingsFY2012 Q1: 3 filingsFY2013 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q3: 5 filingsFY2016 Q2: 2 filingsFY2019 Q1: 1 filingsFY2024 Q1: 1 filings0714FY2008FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2019FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Smith International, Inc. applied to sponsor 45 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.

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