Best Western International, Inc.

30 Green card sponsorships · 143 Temporary work filings · Hospitality · FY2010–FY2025
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
822 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
3.6% Green-card sponsorship rate 30 green-card filings / 822 employees · FY2010–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
17.4% Work-visa filing rate 143 work-visa filings / 822 employees · FY2010–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
21.0% Visa filings vs workforce 173 filings / 822 employees · FY2010–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Hospitality · est. 822 U.S. employees
  • 60% Green-card filings certified 18 of 30 green-card filings · last filed May 2026 · FY2010–FY2025
    0 Green-card filings denied of 30 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    0 Green-card filings withdrawn of 30 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #42 Green-card + work-visa filings 173 filings · last May 2026 · #42 of 17,812 in Hospitality · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2025
    21% Visa filings vs workforce 173 filings / 822 employees · FY2010–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    #42 Green-card + work-visa filings, Hospitality 173 filings · #42 of 17,812 in Hospitality · FY2010–FY2025
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 173 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2025
    30 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2025
    143 Work-visa filings FY2010–FY2025
    Top 35% Work-visa filings per employee, Hospitality 115 filings / 822 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 35% of 589 in Hospitality with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025
    Top 42% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Hospitality 145 filings / 822 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 42% of 9,441 in Hospitality reporting headcount · FY2010–FY2025
    Top 86% Green-card filings per employee, Hospitality 30 filings / 822 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 86% of 9,441 in Hospitality with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–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.

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

18

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

12

40.0% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

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0.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Best Western International, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010 Q1: 2 filingsFY2011 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q2: 5 filingsFY2019 Q1: 2 filingsFY2020 Q1: 1 filingsFY2023 Q2: 1 filingsFY2023 Q3: 3 filingsFY2023 Q4: 1 filingsFY2024 Q2: 1 filingsFY2024 Q3: 2 filingsFY2025 Q1: 3 filingsFY2025 Q2: 1 filingsFY2025 Q3: 2 filingsFY2025 Q4: 2 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 2 filings025FY2010FY2019FY2025
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Best Western International, Inc. applied to sponsor 30 workers for green cards between 2010 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

Best Western International, Inc. has filed 1 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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