ACADEMY, LTD. D/B/A ACADEMY SPORTS AND OUTDOORS

14 Green card sponsorships · 0 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2010–FY2019
Filing volume Top 10% 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
21,880 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2019
0.064% Green-card sponsorship rate 14 green-card filings / 21,880 employees · FY2010–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount
0.0% Work-visa filing rate 0 work-visa filings / 21,880 employees · FY2010–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount
0.064% Visa filings vs workforce 14 filings / 21,880 employees · FY2010–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 21,880 U.S. employees
  • 50% Green-card filings certified 7 of 14 green-card filings · last filed Apr 2018 · FY2010–FY2019
    0 Green-card filings denied of 14 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2019 filings
    1 Green-card filings withdrawn of 14 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2019 filings
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings 14 filings · last Apr 2018 · Top 5% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 10% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2019
    0.064% Visa filings vs workforce 14 filings / 21,880 employees · FY2010–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 self-reported headcount
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 14 filings · Top 5% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2010–FY2019
    Top 10% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 14 filings · Top 10% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2019
    14 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2019
    Top 98% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 14 filings / 21,880 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 98% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2019
    Top 99% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 14 filings / 21,880 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 99% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2010–FY2019
    Top 99% Green-card filings per employee, all US 14 filings / 21,880 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 99% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2019
    Top 100% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, all US 14 filings / 21,880 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 100% of 115,211 US employers reporting headcount · FY2010–FY2019
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.5%, below the 60% we require before pairing layoffs with visa filings for a named employer. Coverage gate
  • 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 →

Certified

7

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

6

46.2% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

1

7.1% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications ACADEMY, LTD. D/B/A ACADEMY SPORTS AND OUTDOORS has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010 Q1: 1 filingsFY2013 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q2: 2 filingsFY2016 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q3: 2 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 1 filings012FY2010FY2013FY2016FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

ACADEMY, LTD. D/B/A ACADEMY SPORTS AND OUTDOORS applied to sponsor 14 workers for green cards between 2010 and 2019. 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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