Backen Gillam Architects

5 Green card sponsorships · 11 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2019–FY2022
Filing volume Top 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
67 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2022
5 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
11 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

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  • We look at green-card filings certified, last filing, and green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services.
  • Professional Services · est. 67 U.S. employees
  • 20% Green-card filings certified 1 of 5 green-card filings · last filed Dec 2021 · FY2019–FY2022
    Dec 2021 Last filing
    Top 25% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 16 filings · Top 25% of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2019–FY2022
    Top 9% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 16 filings · Top 9% of 332,896 US employers · FY2019–FY2022
    5 Green-card filings FY2019–FY2022
    11 Work-visa filings FY2019–FY2022
    Top 66% Work-visa filings per employee, Professional Services 11 filings / 67 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 66% of 20,916 in Professional Services with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2019–FY2022
    Top 59% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Professional Services 16 filings / 67 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 59% of 28,564 in Professional Services reporting headcount · FY2019–FY2022
    Top 64% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 5 filings / 67 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 64% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2019–FY2022
    31% Green-card filings, share of all filings 5 of this employer's 16 · FY2019–FY2022 filings
    Top 13% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2019–FY2022 filings
    #26,853 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2019–FY2022 filings
    #10,328 of 46,514 Green-card filings rank · Professional Services FY2019–FY2022 filings
    7.5% Green-card filings per employee 5 filings / 67 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2019–FY2022 filings
    69% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 11 of this employer's 16 · FY2019–FY2022 filings
    Top 21% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2019–FY2022 filings
    #48,053 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2019–FY2022 filings
    #17,377 of 36,303 Work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2019–FY2022 filings
    16.4% Work-visa filings per employee 11 filings / 67 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2019–FY2022 filings
    16 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2019–FY2022 filings
    #29,078 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2019–FY2022 filings
    #11,198 of 46,637 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2019–FY2022 filings
    23.9% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 16 filings / 67 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2019–FY2022 filings

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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 →

1 Certified green-card approvals · FY2019–FY2022
2 Expired 66.7% rate · FY2019–FY2022
1 Denied 20.0% rate · FY2019–FY2022
1 Withdrawn 20.0% rate · FY2019–FY2022

Filings over time

How many green card applications Backen Gillam Architects has filed each quarter, from FY2019 to today.

FY2019 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q4: 2 filingsFY2021 Q2: 1 filingsFY2022 Q1: 1 filings012FY2019FY2022
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Backen Gillam Architects applied to sponsor 5 workers for green cards between 2019 and 2022. 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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