AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY

5 Green card sponsorships · 16 Temporary work filings · Government · FY2010–FY2023
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
375 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2020
1.3% Green-card sponsorship rate 5 green-card filings / 375 employees · FY2010–FY2023 filings vs FY2020 headcount
4.3% Work-visa filing rate 16 work-visa filings / 375 employees · FY2010–FY2023 filings vs FY2020 headcount
5.6% Visa filings vs workforce 21 filings / 375 employees · FY2010–FY2023 filings vs FY2020 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Government · est. 375 U.S. employees
  • 20% Green-card filings certified 1 of 5 green-card filings · last filed Dec 2025 · FY2010–FY2023
    0 Green-card filings denied of 5 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2023 filings
    0 Green-card filings withdrawn of 5 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2023 filings
    #80 Green-card + work-visa filings 21 filings · last Dec 2025 · #80 of 806 in Government · Top 10% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2023
    6% Visa filings vs workforce 21 filings / 375 employees · FY2010–FY2023 filings vs FY2020 self-reported headcount
    #80 Green-card + work-visa filings, Government 21 filings · #80 of 806 in Government · FY2010–FY2023
    Top 10% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 21 filings · Top 10% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2023
    5 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2023
    16 Work-visa filings FY2010–FY2023
    Top 59% Work-visa filings per employee, Government 9 filings / 375 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 59% of 228 in Government with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2023
    Top 52% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Government 14 filings / 375 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 52% of 373 in Government reporting headcount · FY2010–FY2023
    Top 55% Green-card filings per employee, Government 5 filings / 375 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 55% of 373 in Government with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2023
  • 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

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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

4

80.0% rate

Denied

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0.0% rate

Withdrawn

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0.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010: 3 filingsFY2020: 2 filings013FY2010FY2020
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY applied to sponsor 5 workers for green cards between 2010 and 2023. 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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