Bank of the West

240 Green card sponsorships · 1,028 Temporary work filings · Finance & Insurance · FY2011–FY2025
FEIN 94-0475440 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)
Filing volume Top 1% 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
10,800 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
2.2% Green-card sponsorship rate 240 green-card filings / 10,800 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
9.5% Work-visa filing rate 1,028 work-visa filings / 10,800 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
11.7% Visa filings vs workforce 1,268 filings / 10,800 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Finance & Insurance · est. 10,800 U.S. employees
  • 1% Green-card filings denied 2 of 240 green-card filings · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    52% Green-card filings certified 125 of 240 green-card filings · last filed Apr 2025 · FY2011–FY2025
    Apr 2025 Last filing
    12% Visa filings vs workforce 1,268 filings / 10,800 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 self-reported headcount
    -56% Green-card filings, FY2024 vs FY2023 7 vs 16
    #89 of 8,325 Green-card + work-visa filings, Finance & Insurance 1,268 filings · #89 of 8,325 in Finance & Insurance · FY2011–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 1,268 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2011–FY2025
    240 Green-card filings FY2011–FY2025
    1,028 Work-visa filings FY2011–FY2025
    Top 70% Green-card filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 240 filings / 10,800 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 70% of 5,190 in Finance & Insurance with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2011–FY2025
    19% Green-card filings, share of all filings 240 of this employer's 1,268 · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    #654 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2011–FY2025 filings
    #64 of 8,270 Green-card filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2011–FY2025 filings
    2.2% Green-card filings per employee 240 filings / 10,800 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    81% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 1,028 of this employer's 1,268 · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    #971 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2011–FY2025 filings
    #72 of 6,269 Work-visa filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2011–FY2025 filings
    9.5% Work-visa filings per employee 1,028 filings / 10,800 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    1,268 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2011–FY2025 filings
    #866 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2011–FY2025 filings
  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.8% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. 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 →

125 Certified green-card approvals · FY2011–FY2025
107 Expired 46.1% rate · FY2011–FY2025
2 Denied 0.8% rate · FY2011–FY2025
6 Withdrawn 2.5% rate · FY2011–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications Bank of the West has filed each quarter, from FY2011 to today.

FY2011 Q1: 2 filingsFY2012 Q1: 11 filingsFY2013 Q1: 3 filingsFY2015 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 6 filingsFY2016 Q1: 5 filingsFY2016 Q2: 11 filingsFY2016 Q3: 15 filingsFY2016 Q4: 8 filingsFY2017 Q1: 5 filingsFY2017 Q2: 11 filingsFY2017 Q3: 16 filingsFY2017 Q4: 14 filingsFY2018 Q1: 11 filingsFY2018 Q2: 11 filingsFY2018 Q3: 23 filingsFY2018 Q4: 6 filingsFY2019 Q1: 17 filingsFY2020 Q1: 3 filingsFY2020 Q2: 4 filingsFY2020 Q3: 5 filingsFY2020 Q4: 4 filingsFY2021 Q1: 4 filingsFY2021 Q3: 7 filingsFY2022 Q1: 5 filingsFY2022 Q2: 3 filingsFY2022 Q3: 2 filingsFY2022 Q4: 2 filingsFY2023 Q1: 3 filingsFY2023 Q2: 4 filingsFY2023 Q3: 2 filingsFY2023 Q4: 7 filingsFY2024 Q1: 2 filingsFY2024 Q2: 3 filingsFY2024 Q3: 2 filings01123FY2011FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Bank of the West applied to sponsor 240 workers for green cards between 2011 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

Bank of the West has filed 5 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.

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