BB&T

76 Green card sponsorships · 346 Temporary work filings · Finance & Insurance · FY2008–FY2020
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
35,908 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2019
0.21% Green-card sponsorship rate 76 green-card filings / 35,908 employees · FY2008–FY2020 filings vs FY2019 headcount
0.96% Work-visa filing rate 346 work-visa filings / 35,908 employees · FY2008–FY2020 filings vs FY2019 headcount
1.2% Visa filings vs workforce 422 filings / 35,908 employees · FY2008–FY2020 filings vs FY2019 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Finance & Insurance · est. 35,908 U.S. employees
  • 3% Green-card filings denied 2 of 76 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    49% Green-card filings certified 37 of 76 green-card filings · last filed Dec 2019 · FY2008–FY2020
    Dec 2019 Last filing
    1% Visa filings vs workforce 422 filings / 35,908 employees · FY2008–FY2020 filings vs FY2019 self-reported headcount
    -4% Green-card filings, FY2019 vs FY2018 22 vs 23
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, Finance & Insurance 422 filings · Top 4% of 8,325 in Finance & Insurance · FY2008–FY2020
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 422 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2020
    76 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2020
    346 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2020
    Top 93% Green-card filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 76 filings / 35,908 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 93% of 5,190 in Finance & Insurance with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2020
    18% Green-card filings, share of all filings 76 of this employer's 422 · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    Top 2% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    #2,469 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2020 filings
    #225 of 8,270 Green-card filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2008–FY2020 filings
    0.2% Green-card filings per employee 76 filings / 35,908 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    82% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 346 of this employer's 422 · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    Top 2% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    #3,256 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2020 filings
    #227 of 6,269 Work-visa filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2008–FY2020 filings
    1.0% Work-visa filings per employee 346 filings / 35,908 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    422 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2020 filings
    #3,939 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2020 filings
    #308 of 8,325 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2008–FY2020 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 →

37 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2020
33 Expired 47.1% rate · FY2008–FY2020
2 Denied 2.6% rate · FY2008–FY2020
4 Withdrawn 5.3% rate · FY2008–FY2020

Filings over time

How many green card applications BB&T has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 2 filingsFY2010 Q1: 1 filingsFY2011 Q1: 2 filingsFY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 2 filingsFY2016 Q1: 2 filingsFY2016 Q2: 2 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 5 filingsFY2017 Q1: 3 filingsFY2017 Q2: 3 filingsFY2017 Q3: 2 filingsFY2017 Q4: 2 filingsFY2018 Q1: 6 filingsFY2018 Q2: 7 filingsFY2018 Q3: 3 filingsFY2018 Q4: 7 filingsFY2019 Q1: 22 filings01122FY2008FY2011FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

BB&T applied to sponsor 76 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2020. 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

BB&T has filed 4 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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Filing data sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification public disclosure files. Past filings do not predict future hiring behavior. Employers may petition for review at /dispute.

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