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AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC

1,624 Green card sponsorships · 10,563 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2020–FY2026
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
1,624 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
10,563 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.
  • Retail Trade · est. 647,500 U.S. employees
  • 1% Green-card filings denied 2 of 1,624 green-card filings · FY2020–FY2026 filings
    2 Green-card filings denied FY2020–FY2026 filings
    39% Green-card filings certified 638 of 1,624 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2020–FY2026
    638 Green-card filings certified FY2020–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 percentile · all US of 332,896 employers · FY2020–FY2026 filings
#4 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 12,187 filings · #4 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2020–FY2026
#33 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 12,187 filings · #33 of 332,896 US employers · FY2020–FY2026
12,187 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2020–FY2026 filings
1.9% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 12,187 filings / 647,500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2020–FY2026 filings
Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2020–FY2026 filings
87% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 10,563 of this employer's 12,187 · FY2020–FY2026 filings
#6 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2020–FY2026 filings
#51 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2020–FY2026 filings
10,563 Work-visa filings FY2020–FY2026
1.6% Work-visa filings per employee 10,563 filings / 647,500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2020–FY2026 filings
-7% Green-card filings, FY2024 vs FY2023 589 vs 631
Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2020–FY2026 filings
13% Green-card filings, share of all filings 1,624 of this employer's 12,187 · FY2020–FY2026 filings
#7 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2020–FY2026 filings
#74 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2020–FY2026 filings
1,624 Green-card filings FY2020–FY2026
0.3% Green-card filings per employee 1,624 filings / 647,500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2020–FY2026 filings
Top 96% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 1,624 filings / 647,500 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 96% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2020–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 →

638 Certified green-card approvals · FY2020–FY2026
893 Expired 58.3% rate · FY2020–FY2026
2 Denied 0.1% rate · FY2020–FY2026
91 Withdrawn 5.6% rate · FY2020–FY2026

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 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.

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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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