WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC

239 Green card sponsorships · 652 Temporary work filings · Healthcare · FY2008–FY2026
FEIN 33-0065869 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)
Also filed as Western Dental Services Western Dental Services Inc. Western Dental Services, Inc.
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
4,700 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
239 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
652 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.
  • Healthcare · est. 4,700 U.S. employees
  • 12% Green-card filings denied 29 of 239 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings
    29 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2026 filings
    47% Green-card filings certified 112 of 239 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2026
    112 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2026
    Jun 2026 Last filing

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

  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.8% < 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 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 891 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2026
#35 of 17,793 Green-card + work-visa filings, Healthcare 891 filings · #35 of 17,793 in Healthcare · FY2008–FY2026
#1,148 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
891 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings
19.0% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 891 filings / 4,700 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings
73% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 652 of this employer's 891 · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#53 of 8,880 Work-visa filings rank · Healthcare FY2008–FY2026 filings
#1,656 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
652 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026
13.9% Work-visa filings per employee 652 filings / 4,700 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
-80% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 1 vs 5
Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings
27% Green-card filings, share of all filings 239 of this employer's 891 · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#16 of 17,637 Green-card filings rank · Healthcare FY2008–FY2026 filings
#656 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
239 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2026
5.1% Green-card filings per employee 239 filings / 4,700 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
Top 54% Green-card filings per employee, Healthcare 239 filings / 4,700 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 54% of 9,076 in Healthcare with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–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 →

112 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2026
93 Expired 45.4% rate · FY2008–FY2026
29 Denied 12.1% rate · FY2008–FY2026
5 Withdrawn 2.1% rate · FY2008–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 15 filingsFY2009 Q1: 15 filingsFY2010 Q1: 15 filingsFY2011 Q1: 32 filingsFY2012 Q1: 9 filingsFY2013 Q1: 10 filingsFY2016 Q1: 3 filingsFY2016 Q2: 6 filingsFY2016 Q3: 2 filingsFY2016 Q4: 3 filingsFY2017 Q1: 3 filingsFY2017 Q2: 2 filingsFY2017 Q3: 8 filingsFY2017 Q4: 4 filingsFY2018 Q1: 4 filingsFY2018 Q2: 2 filingsFY2018 Q3: 5 filingsFY2018 Q4: 7 filingsFY2019 Q1: 14 filingsFY2020 Q1: 8 filingsFY2020 Q2: 1 filingsFY2020 Q3: 20 filingsFY2020 Q4: 3 filingsFY2021 Q1: 4 filingsFY2021 Q3: 8 filingsFY2021 Q4: 5 filingsFY2022 Q1: 6 filingsFY2022 Q2: 2 filingsFY2022 Q4: 3 filingsFY2023 Q1: 4 filingsFY2023 Q2: 5 filingsFY2024 Q2: 1 filingsFY2024 Q3: 4 filingsFY2025 Q3: 1 filingsFY2026 Q1: 3 filingsFY2026 Q3: 2 filings01632FY2008FY2011FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC applied to sponsor 239 workers for green cards between 2008 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.

Recent layoff notices

WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC has filed 4 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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