Subsidiary of Amazon.com Services LLC

AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC

1,624 Green card sponsorships · 10,563 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2020–FY2025
Filing volume #33 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
647,500 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
0.25% Green-card sponsorship rate 1,624 green-card filings / 647,500 employees · FY2020–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
1.6% Work-visa filing rate 10,563 work-visa filings / 647,500 employees · FY2020–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
1.9% Visa filings vs workforce 12,187 filings / 647,500 employees · FY2020–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 647,500 U.S. employees
  • 39% Green-card filings certified 638 of 1,624 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2020–FY2025
    2 Green-card filings denied of 1,624 green-card filings · FY2020–FY2025 filings
    91 Green-card filings withdrawn of 1,624 green-card filings · FY2020–FY2025 filings
    #4 Green-card + work-visa filings 12,187 filings · last Jun 2026 · #4 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · #33 of 332,896 US employers · FY2020–FY2025
    2% Visa filings vs workforce 12,187 filings / 647,500 employees · FY2020–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 self-reported headcount
    -7% Trend vs last year FY2024 589 vs FY2023 631
    #4 Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 12,187 filings · #4 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2020–FY2025
    #33 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 12,187 filings · #33 of 332,896 US employers · FY2020–FY2025
    1,624 Green-card filings FY2020–FY2025
    10,563 Work-visa filings FY2020–FY2025
    Top 81% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 9,816 filings / 647,500 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 81% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2020–FY2025
    Top 92% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 11,440 filings / 647,500 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 92% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2020–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.4%, 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

638

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

893

58.3% rate

Denied

2

0.1% rate

Withdrawn

91

5.6% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC has filed each quarter, from FY2020 to today.

FY2021 Q3: 1 filingsFY2021 Q4: 5 filingsFY2022 Q1: 97 filingsFY2022 Q2: 52 filingsFY2022 Q3: 82 filingsFY2022 Q4: 163 filingsFY2023 Q1: 208 filingsFY2023 Q2: 37 filingsFY2023 Q3: 141 filingsFY2023 Q4: 245 filingsFY2024 Q1: 242 filingsFY2024 Q2: 285 filingsFY2024 Q3: 62 filingsFY2026 Q2: 2 filingsFY2026 Q3: 2 filings0142285FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC applied to sponsor 1,624 workers for green cards between 2020 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.

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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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