BGC PARTNERS INC.

29 Green card sponsorships · 189 Temporary work filings · Finance & Insurance · FY2012–FY2023
Filing volume Top 3% 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
1,600 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2021
1.8% Green-card sponsorship rate 29 green-card filings / 1,600 employees · FY2012–FY2023 filings vs FY2021 headcount
11.8% Work-visa filing rate 189 work-visa filings / 1,600 employees · FY2012–FY2023 filings vs FY2021 headcount
13.6% Visa filings vs workforce 218 filings / 1,600 employees · FY2012–FY2023 filings vs FY2021 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Finance & Insurance · est. 1,600 U.S. employees
  • 7% Green-card filings denied 2 of 29 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2023 filings
    41% Green-card filings certified 12 of 29 green-card filings · last filed Nov 2022 · FY2012–FY2023
    Nov 2022 Last filing
    14% Visa filings vs workforce 218 filings / 1,600 employees · FY2012–FY2023 filings vs FY2021 self-reported headcount
    Top 8% Green-card + work-visa filings, Finance & Insurance 218 filings · Top 8% of 8,325 in Finance & Insurance · FY2012–FY2023
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 218 filings · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2023
    29 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2023
    189 Work-visa filings FY2012–FY2023
    Top 74% Green-card filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 29 filings / 1,600 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 74% of 5,190 in Finance & Insurance with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2023
    13% Green-card filings, share of all filings 29 of this employer's 218 · FY2012–FY2023 filings
    Top 3% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2012–FY2023 filings
    #6,256 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2023 filings
    #436 of 8,270 Green-card filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2012–FY2023 filings
    1.8% Green-card filings per employee 29 filings / 1,600 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2023 filings
    87% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 189 of this employer's 218 · FY2012–FY2023 filings
    Top 3% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2012–FY2023 filings
    #5,644 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2023 filings
    #362 of 6,269 Work-visa filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2012–FY2023 filings
    11.8% Work-visa filings per employee 189 filings / 1,600 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2023 filings
    218 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2012–FY2023 filings
    #9,572 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2023 filings
    #610 of 8,325 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2012–FY2023 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 →

12 Certified green-card approvals · FY2012–FY2023
14 Expired 53.8% rate · FY2012–FY2023
2 Denied 6.9% rate · FY2012–FY2023
1 Withdrawn 3.4% rate · FY2012–FY2023

Filings over time

How many green card applications BGC PARTNERS INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2012 Q1: 5 filingsFY2013 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 2 filingsFY2016 Q1: 2 filingsFY2016 Q3: 3 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 7 filingsFY2020 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q2: 1 filingsFY2021 Q2: 1 filings037FY2012FY2013FY2015FY2016FY2018FY2019FY2020
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

BGC PARTNERS INC. applied to sponsor 29 workers for green cards between 2012 and 2023. 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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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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