AKORN PHARMACEUTICALS

54 Green card sponsorships · 0 Temporary work filings · Wholesale Trade · FY2012–FY2021
Filing volume Top 4% 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
1,700 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2021
3.2% Green-card sponsorship rate 54 green-card filings / 1,700 employees · FY2012–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount
0.0% Work-visa filing rate 0 work-visa filings / 1,700 employees · FY2012–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount
3.2% Visa filings vs workforce 54 filings / 1,700 employees · FY2012–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Wholesale Trade · est. 1,700 U.S. employees
  • 4% Green-card filings denied 2 of 54 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2021 filings
    50% Green-card filings certified 27 of 54 green-card filings · last filed Jul 2021 · FY2012–FY2021
    Jul 2021 Last filing
    3% Visa filings vs workforce 54 filings / 1,700 employees · FY2012–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 self-reported headcount
    -62% Green-card filings, FY2021 vs FY2020 3 vs 8
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings 54 filings · last Jul 2021 · Top 2% of 10,825 in Wholesale Trade · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2021
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 54 filings · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2021
    54 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2021
    Top 82% Green-card filings per employee, Wholesale Trade 54 filings / 1,700 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 82% of 6,417 in Wholesale Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2021
    Top 88% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Wholesale Trade 54 filings / 1,700 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 88% of 6,417 in Wholesale Trade reporting headcount · FY2012–FY2021
    Top 74% Green-card filings per employee, all US 54 filings / 1,700 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 74% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2021
  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.6% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
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Filing pattern observations

Filing patterns are statistical observations derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. They do not constitute accusations of wrongdoing. Wage levels are determined by the DOL's rigid 5-step NPWC evaluation process based on O*NET Job Zone requirements. Use this information to inform your own due diligence.
Work location vs filing location wage differential

60% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (22 of 37 filings)

Worksite differs
60% (22)
Same state
40% (15)

Employer primary state: ILLINOIS · Most common remote worksite: NEW JERSEY

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

95% of 37 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 8,963)

Immigration How this is calculated →

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 →

27 Certified green-card approvals · FY2012–FY2021
20 Expired 42.6% rate · FY2012–FY2021
2 Denied 3.7% rate · FY2012–FY2021
5 Withdrawn 9.3% rate · FY2012–FY2021

Filings over time

How many green card applications AKORN PHARMACEUTICALS has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 2 filingsFY2017 Q3: 1 filingsFY2017 Q4: 2 filingsFY2018 Q1: 3 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 5 filingsFY2018 Q4: 4 filingsFY2019 Q1: 20 filingsFY2020 Q1: 2 filingsFY2020 Q3: 3 filingsFY2020 Q4: 3 filingsFY2021 Q2: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1 filingsFY2021 Q4: 1 filings01020FY2012FY2017FY2018FY2020
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

AKORN PHARMACEUTICALS applied to sponsor 54 workers for green cards between 2012 and 2021. 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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