BIG SWITCH NETWORKS

23 Green card sponsorships · 103 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2018–FY2020
Filing volume Top 4% 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
180 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2019
12.8% Green-card sponsorship rate 23 green-card filings / 180 employees · FY2018–FY2020 filings vs FY2019 headcount
57.2% Work-visa filing rate 103 work-visa filings / 180 employees · FY2018–FY2020 filings vs FY2019 headcount
70.0% Visa filings vs workforce 126 filings / 180 employees · FY2018–FY2020 filings vs FY2019 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings certified, green-card + work-visa filings, and visa filings vs workforce.
  • Information Technology · est. 180 U.S. employees
  • 57% Green-card filings certified 13 of 23 green-card filings · last filed Jan 2020 · FY2018–FY2020
    Top 7% Green-card + work-visa filings 126 filings · last Jan 2020 · Top 7% of 7,239 in Information Technology · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2020
    70% Visa filings vs workforce 126 filings / 180 employees · FY2018–FY2020 filings vs FY2019 self-reported headcount
    +20% Green-card filings, FY2019 vs FY2018 6 vs 5
    0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 23 · of 23 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    Jan 2020 Last filing
    Top 7% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 126 filings · Top 7% of 7,239 in Information Technology · FY2018–FY2020
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 126 filings · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2020
    23 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2020
    103 Work-visa filings FY2018–FY2020
    Top 40% Work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 42 filings / 180 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 40% of 3,394 in Information Technology with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2020
    Top 34% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 65 filings / 180 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 34% of 4,593 in Information Technology reporting headcount · FY2018–FY2020
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.6%, 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 →

13 Certified green-card approvals · FY2018–FY2020
10 Expired 43.5% rate · FY2018–FY2020
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2018–FY2020
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2018–FY2020

Filings over time

How many green card applications BIG SWITCH NETWORKS has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 2 filingsFY2016 Q2: 1 filingsFY2016 Q3: 2 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 2 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 4 filingsFY2019 Q1: 6 filings036FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

BIG SWITCH NETWORKS applied to sponsor 23 workers for green cards between 2018 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

BIG SWITCH NETWORKS 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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