Amazon.com Services LLC

23,513 Green card sponsorships · 95,735 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2018–FY2025
Filing volume #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
566,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
4.2% Green-card sponsorship rate 23,513 green-card filings / 566,000 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
16.9% Work-visa filing rate 95,735 work-visa filings / 566,000 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
21.1% Visa filings vs workforce 119,248 filings / 566,000 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 566,000 U.S. employees
  • 55% Green-card filings certified 12,870 of 23,513 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2018–FY2025
    54 Green-card filings denied of 23,513 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    518 Green-card filings withdrawn of 23,513 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #1 Green-card + work-visa filings 119,248 filings · last Jun 2026 · #1 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · #2 of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2025
    21% Visa filings vs workforce 119,248 filings / 566,000 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    -99% Trend vs last year FY2025 25 vs FY2024 2,151
    #1 Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 119,248 filings · #1 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2018–FY2025
    #2 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 119,248 filings · #2 of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2025
    23,513 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2025
    95,735 Work-visa filings FY2018–FY2025
    Top 47% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 90,388 filings / 566,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 47% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2025
    Top 53% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 113,901 filings / 566,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 53% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2018–FY2025
  • 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

12,870

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

10,071

43.9% rate

Denied

54

0.2% rate

Withdrawn

518

2.2% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Amazon.com Services LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2018 Q3: 26 filingsFY2018 Q4: 899 filingsFY2019 Q1: 2956 filingsFY2020 Q1: 653 filingsFY2020 Q2: 349 filingsFY2020 Q3: 1408 filingsFY2020 Q4: 476 filingsFY2021 Q1: 365 filingsFY2021 Q2: 666 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1841 filingsFY2021 Q4: 1803 filingsFY2022 Q1: 998 filingsFY2022 Q2: 1663 filingsFY2022 Q3: 957 filingsFY2022 Q4: 1303 filingsFY2023 Q1: 1163 filingsFY2023 Q2: 723 filingsFY2023 Q3: 1425 filingsFY2023 Q4: 1555 filingsFY2024 Q1: 1338 filingsFY2024 Q2: 713 filingsFY2024 Q3: 96 filingsFY2024 Q4: 4 filingsFY2025 Q1: 13 filingsFY2025 Q2: 5 filingsFY2025 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q4: 6 filingsFY2026 Q1: 12 filingsFY2026 Q2: 28 filingsFY2026 Q3: 68 filings014782956FY2018FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Amazon.com Services LLC applied to sponsor 23,513 workers for green cards between 2018 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.

Subsidiaries 12

Combined: 31,212 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 ↗ + 130,446 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

Subsidiary vs All vs Industry Trend (8Q) Green card sponsorships Temporary work filings Employees
AMAZON CORPORATE LLC
-- -- 7,033 13,428 117,300
AMAZON WEB SERVICES LLC
-- -- 4,621 25,722 892,003
AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC
-- -- 1,624 10,563 647,500
AMAZON FULFILLMENT SERVICES, INC.
-- -- 1,142 1,166 341,400
Amazon Data Services, Inc.
-- -- 420 4,341 1,449
AUDIBLE, INC.
-- -- 388 1,390 1,601
TWITCH INTERACTIVE, INC.
-- -- 193 858 1,136,506
Whole Foods Market Services, Inc.
-- -- 54 219 1,487
ZAPPOS IP, INC.
-- -- 21 110 1,395
MGM Holdings US LLC
-- -- 1 0 1
WHOLE FOODS MARKET
-- -- 1 2 —
RING INC.
-- -- 0 8 —

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