Does UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM sponsor green cards?

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM has filed 166 PERM (green card) applications with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM sponsor?

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM has filed 59 LCA (temporary work visa) applications, the precursor step for H-1B and other non-immigrant visa filings.

What is UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM's government approval rate?

Across 166 PERM filings, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM has a U.S. Department of Labor approval rate of 99.9% (denial rate 0.1%).

How long has UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM been filing visa applications?

Public DOL records for UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM cover fiscal years 2008 through 2023.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

166 Green card sponsorships · 59 Temporary work filings · Education · FY2008–FY2023

Filing volume Top 2% of 330,651 US employers by PERM 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 jobI-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 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 DOLCap 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

23,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2023

166 Green-card filings PERM 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 jobI-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

59 Work-visa filings LCA 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 DOLCap 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

$160,000 Median offered wage FY2016 n=9 PERM 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 jobI-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 · Assistant Professor (29-1069)

What this means for you

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We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
Education · est. 23,000 U.S. employees Showing 3 of 5 measurements · Show all →
10% Green-card filings denied 16 of 166 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2023 filings

16 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2023 filings

34% Green-card filings certified 57 of 166 green-card filings · last filed Mar 2023 · FY2008–FY2023

57 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2023

Mar 2023 Last filing

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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 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, Education 225 filings · Top 5% of 7,270 in Education · FY2008–FY2023

Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 225 filings · Top 2% of 330,651 US employers · FY2008–FY2023

#353 of 7,270 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2023 filings

#5,570 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2023 filings

225 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2023 filings

1.0% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 225 filings / 23,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2023 filings

Top 7% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2023 filings

26% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 59 of this employer's 225 · FY2008–FY2023 filings

#853 of 5,010 Work-visa filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2023 filings

#14,149 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2023 filings

59 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2023

0.3% Work-visa filings per employee 59 filings / 23,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2023 filings

Top 98% Work-visa filings per employee, Education 59 filings / 23,000 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 98% of 2,975 in Education with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2023

-88% Green-card filings, FY2023 vs FY2022 1 vs 8

Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2023 filings

74% Green-card filings, share of all filings 166 of this employer's 225 · FY2008–FY2023 filings

#82 of 7,270 Green-card filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2023 filings

#1,017 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2023 filings

166 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2023

0.7% Green-card filings per employee 166 filings / 23,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2023 filings

Top 80% Green-card filings per employee, Education 166 filings / 23,000 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 80% of 4,213 in Education with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2023

Public record data. PERM 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 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 →

57 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2023

89 Expired 61.0% rate · FY2008–FY2023

16 Denied 9.6% rate · FY2008–FY2023

4 Withdrawn 2.4% rate · FY2008–FY2023

Filings over time

How many green card applications UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

What this means

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM applied to sponsor 166 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2023. 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.

Offered wages on this employer’s filings

Median annual wage this employer offered, by occupation and fiscal year, over its own PERM 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 — beside the prevailing wage the U.S. Department of Labor determined on the same filings. Two separate figures, never a ratio. Hourly, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly wages are converted to an annual figure using the unit DOL printed for that wage. Methodology →

12 further roles in this employer’s most recent complete year are not shown: fewer than five filings per role, which is too few to publish a wage without describing individual people.

Median offered and prevailing annual wages by occupation and fiscal year. Sortable by occupation, fiscal year and filing count only.
Occupation	Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	Median prevailing	Wage level
Assistant Professor 29-1069	FY2016	9	$160,000	$109,593	Level III
Computer Systems Analysts, Non R&D (ACWIA Only) 15-1052	FY2015	5	$85,654	$77,854	Level II
Assistant Professor 29-1069	FY2015	5	$155,000	$105,527	Level III
Biochemists and Biophysicists 19-1021.00	FY2011	5	$40,154	$35,838	Level I

“Not reported” means the Department of Labor published no such figure on those filings — from FY2025 its PERM 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 ↗ disclosure file carries the employer’s offered wage only, with no prevailing-wage determination and no wage level. It does not mean the figure is unknown to us; it means DOL did not publish one.

Wage & Hour Enforcement

Source: DOL Wage & Hour Division WHISARD concluded compliance actions since FY2005. Back wages, civil money penalties, and employees affected, broken down by statute (FLSA, H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ , H-2A, H-2B, SCA, Davis-Bacon, FMLA). Data mirrored nightly from the WHISARD dataset.

Back wages owed

$54,894

Enforcement actions

Employees affected

H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ back wages

$54,894

Repeat Offender Pipeline

This employer was found to have underpaid H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ workers by $54,894 across 1 enforcement action, and has since filed 59 new H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ labor condition applications.

Enforcement actions (most recent first)

Case ID	Findings date	Location	Back wages	H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ portion	Employees	Statutes
1879146	2019-04-30	Birmingham, AL	$0	$0	0	FMLA
1803260	2016-11-09	Birmingham, AL	$0	$0	0
1485408	2007-10-01	Birmingham, AL	$54,894	$54,894	84	H1B

USCIS visa petition outcomes

Source: USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub. Petition decisions by fiscal year.

How many visa applications became actual visas

262.2%

118 decisions / 45 certified LCAs

Total USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ decisions

118

117 initial approvals, 1 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

0.70:1

initial approvals per continuing approval, USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ hub, FY2022-FY2023

99.1% initial approval rate (3yr)

FY	New visa approvals	New visa rejections	Renewal approvals	Renewal rejections	Total
2023	44	0	47	2	93
2022	73	1	121	2	197

2 fiscal years of USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition data. Data from USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub.

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