ASCENA RETAIL GROUP, INC.

48 Green card sponsorships · 173 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2012–FY2024
Filing volume Top 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
1,800 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
2.7% Green-card sponsorship rate 48 green-card filings / 1,800 employees · FY2012–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 headcount
9.6% Work-visa filing rate 173 work-visa filings / 1,800 employees · FY2012–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 headcount
12.3% Visa filings vs workforce 221 filings / 1,800 employees · FY2012–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 1,800 U.S. employees
  • 42% Green-card filings certified 20 of 48 green-card filings · last filed Dec 2023 · FY2012–FY2024
    4 Green-card filings denied of 48 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2024 filings
    2 Green-card filings withdrawn of 48 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2024 filings
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings 221 filings · last Dec 2023 · Top 2% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2024
    12% Visa filings vs workforce 221 filings / 1,800 employees · FY2012–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 self-reported headcount
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 221 filings · Top 2% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2012–FY2024
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 221 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2024
    48 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2024
    173 Work-visa filings FY2012–FY2024
    Top 69% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 80 filings / 1,800 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 69% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2024
    Top 80% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 128 filings / 1,800 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 80% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2012–FY2024
    Top 86% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 48 filings / 1,800 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 86% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2024
  • 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.
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

TAA: DOL certified job shift to INDIA | PERM: 22 filings from INDIA

Temporal How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

96% of 23 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 9,168)

Immigration 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

20

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

22

52.4% rate

Denied

4

8.3% rate

Withdrawn

2

4.2% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications ASCENA RETAIL GROUP, INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2013 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 3 filingsFY2016 Q2: 4 filingsFY2016 Q3: 3 filingsFY2016 Q4: 6 filingsFY2017 Q1: 2 filingsFY2017 Q2: 2 filingsFY2017 Q3: 1 filingsFY2017 Q4: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 2 filingsFY2018 Q2: 3 filingsFY2019 Q1: 9 filingsFY2020 Q3: 2 filingsFY2021 Q3: 2 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filingsFY2024 Q1: 1 filings049FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

ASCENA RETAIL GROUP, INC. applied to sponsor 48 workers for green cards between 2012 and 2024. 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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