BJs Wholesale Club, Inc.

44 Green card sponsorships · 84 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2020–FY2024
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
30,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
0.15% Green-card sponsorship rate 44 green-card filings / 30,000 employees · FY2020–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 headcount
0.28% Work-visa filing rate 84 work-visa filings / 30,000 employees · FY2020–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 headcount
0.43% Visa filings vs workforce 128 filings / 30,000 employees · FY2020–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Retail Trade · est. 30,000 U.S. employees
  • 7% Green-card filings denied 3 of 44 green-card filings · FY2020–FY2024 filings
    50% Green-card filings certified 22 of 44 green-card filings · last filed Apr 2024 · FY2020–FY2024
    Apr 2024 Last filing
    0.43% Visa filings vs workforce 128 filings / 30,000 employees · FY2020–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 self-reported headcount
    -56% Green-card filings, FY2024 vs FY2023 4 vs 9
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 128 filings · Top 2% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2020–FY2024
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 128 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2020–FY2024
    44 Green-card filings FY2020–FY2024
    84 Work-visa filings FY2020–FY2024
    Top 91% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 84 filings / 30,000 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 91% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2020–FY2024
    34% Green-card filings, share of all filings 44 of this employer's 128 · FY2020–FY2024 filings
    Top 3% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2020–FY2024 filings
    #4,240 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2020–FY2024 filings
    #113 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2020–FY2024 filings
    0.1% Green-card filings per employee 44 filings / 30,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2020–FY2024 filings
    66% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 84 of this employer's 128 · FY2020–FY2024 filings
    Top 5% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2020–FY2024 filings
    #10,853 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2020–FY2024 filings
    #200 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2020–FY2024 filings
    0.3% Work-visa filings per employee 84 filings / 30,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2020–FY2024 filings
    128 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2020–FY2024 filings
    #5,896 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2020–FY2024 filings
    #131 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2020–FY2024 filings
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  • 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 →

22 Certified green-card approvals · FY2020–FY2024
13 Expired 37.1% rate · FY2020–FY2024
3 Denied 6.8% rate · FY2020–FY2024
6 Withdrawn 13.6% rate · FY2020–FY2024

Filings over time

How many green card applications BJs Wholesale Club, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2020 to today.

FY2020 Q2: 3 filingsFY2021 Q1: 4 filingsFY2021 Q3: 4 filingsFY2021 Q4: 10 filingsFY2022 Q1: 7 filingsFY2022 Q2: 1 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filingsFY2022 Q4: 1 filingsFY2023 Q1: 3 filingsFY2023 Q2: 2 filingsFY2023 Q3: 2 filingsFY2023 Q4: 2 filingsFY2024 Q2: 1 filingsFY2024 Q3: 3 filings0510FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

BJs Wholesale Club, Inc. applied to sponsor 44 workers for green cards between 2020 and 2024. 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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