Apple Inc.

12,328 Green card sponsorships · 43,605 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume #9 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
164,000 Total employees SEC 10-K (audited) · FY2024
7.5% Green-card sponsorship rate 12,328 green-card filings / 164,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
26.6% Work-visa filing rate 43,605 work-visa filings / 164,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
34.1% Visa filings vs workforce 55,933 filings / 164,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Manufacturing · est. 164,000 U.S. employees
  • 46% Green-card filings certified 5,637 of 12,328 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    70 Green-card filings denied of 12,328 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    184 Green-card filings withdrawn of 12,328 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #1 Green-card + work-visa filings 55,933 filings · last Jun 2026 · #1 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · #9 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    34% Visa filings vs workforce 55,933 filings / 164,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 SEC 10-K headcount
    -12% Trend vs last year FY2025 1,246 vs FY2024 1,415
    #1 Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 55,933 filings · #1 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2025
    #9 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 55,933 filings · #9 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    12,328 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    43,605 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 23% Work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 30,370 filings / 164,000 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 23% of 7,461 in Manufacturing with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 23% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 42,698 filings / 164,000 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 23% of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2008–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.

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.
Post-layoff filing increase

2,052 immigration filings in the 2 years after a 190-worker WARN notice (replacement ratio 1080.0%, peak 16.0x baseline)

Baseline (2015-2018 avg)
73.0
WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ year 2019 - 190 workers
Post- WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ peak (2020-2021)
1,165

Replacement ratio: 1080.0% · spike multiplier: 15.96x baseline

Temporal 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 →

Certified

5,637

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

6,437

53.3% rate

Denied

70

0.6% rate

Withdrawn

184

1.5% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Apple Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 32 filingsFY2009 Q1: 51 filingsFY2010 Q1: 164 filingsFY2011 Q1: 130 filingsFY2012 Q1: 246 filingsFY2013 Q1: 225 filingsFY2015 Q1: 115 filingsFY2015 Q2: 134 filingsFY2015 Q3: 83 filingsFY2015 Q4: 181 filingsFY2016 Q1: 184 filingsFY2016 Q2: 262 filingsFY2016 Q3: 276 filingsFY2016 Q4: 282 filingsFY2017 Q1: 221 filingsFY2017 Q2: 192 filingsFY2017 Q3: 383 filingsFY2017 Q4: 133 filingsFY2018 Q1: 155 filingsFY2018 Q2: 137 filingsFY2018 Q3: 462 filingsFY2018 Q4: 273 filingsFY2019 Q1: 1001 filingsFY2020 Q1: 136 filingsFY2020 Q2: 140 filingsFY2020 Q3: 425 filingsFY2020 Q4: 186 filingsFY2021 Q1: 136 filingsFY2021 Q2: 233 filingsFY2021 Q3: 460 filingsFY2021 Q4: 336 filingsFY2022 Q1: 237 filingsFY2022 Q2: 268 filingsFY2022 Q3: 259 filingsFY2022 Q4: 251 filingsFY2023 Q1: 251 filingsFY2023 Q2: 428 filingsFY2023 Q3: 307 filingsFY2023 Q4: 246 filingsFY2024 Q1: 224 filingsFY2024 Q2: 652 filingsFY2024 Q3: 539 filingsFY2025 Q1: 699 filingsFY2025 Q2: 514 filingsFY2025 Q3: 26 filingsFY2025 Q4: 7 filingsFY2026 Q1: 16 filingsFY2026 Q2: 3 filingsFY2026 Q3: 27 filings05001001FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Apple Inc. applied to sponsor 12,328 workers for green cards between 2008 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.

Recent layoff notices

Apple Inc. has filed 3 WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

Subsidiaries 1

Combined: 9,118 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 ↗ + 30,370 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

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