BLACKBERRY CORPORATION

52 Green card sponsorships · 204 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2013–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
767 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2023
6.8% Green-card sponsorship rate 52 green-card filings / 767 employees · FY2013–FY2025 filings vs FY2023 headcount
26.6% Work-visa filing rate 204 work-visa filings / 767 employees · FY2013–FY2025 filings vs FY2023 headcount
33.4% Visa filings vs workforce 256 filings / 767 employees · FY2013–FY2025 filings vs FY2023 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Information Technology · est. 767 U.S. employees
  • 52% Green-card filings certified 27 of 52 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2013–FY2025
    1 Green-card filings denied of 52 green-card filings · FY2013–FY2025 filings
    7 Green-card filings withdrawn of 52 green-card filings · FY2013–FY2025 filings
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings 256 filings · last Jun 2026 · Top 4% of 7,239 in Information Technology · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2013–FY2025
    33% Visa filings vs workforce 256 filings / 767 employees · FY2013–FY2025 filings vs FY2023 self-reported headcount
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 256 filings · Top 4% of 7,239 in Information Technology · FY2013–FY2025
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 256 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2013–FY2025
    52 Green-card filings FY2013–FY2025
    204 Work-visa filings FY2013–FY2025
    Top 56% Work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 101 filings / 767 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 56% of 3,394 in Information Technology with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2013–FY2025
    Top 51% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 153 filings / 767 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 51% of 4,593 in Information Technology reporting headcount · FY2013–FY2025
    Top 51% Green-card filings per employee, Information Technology 52 filings / 767 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 51% of 4,593 in Information Technology with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2013–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.4%, below the 60% we require before pairing layoffs with visa filings for a named employer. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Filing pattern observations

Filing patterns are statistical observations derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. They do not constitute accusations of wrongdoing. Wage levels are determined by the DOL's rigid 5-step NPWC evaluation process based on O*NET Job Zone requirements. Use this information to inform your own due diligence.
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 282 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to ISRAEL

Temporal How this is calculated →

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

27

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

17

38.6% rate

Denied

1

1.9% rate

Withdrawn

7

13.5% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications BLACKBERRY CORPORATION has filed each quarter, from FY2013 to today.

FY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q1: 3 filingsFY2015 Q2: 6 filingsFY2015 Q3: 4 filingsFY2015 Q4: 6 filingsFY2016 Q1: 5 filingsFY2016 Q2: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 5 filingsFY2017 Q4: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 5 filingsFY2020 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q4: 2 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1 filingsFY2021 Q4: 1 filingsFY2022 Q1: 1 filingsFY2023 Q3: 2 filingsFY2026 Q1: 2 filingsFY2026 Q3: 2 filings036FY2013FY2016FY2017FY2019FY2022FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

BLACKBERRY CORPORATION applied to sponsor 52 workers for green cards between 2013 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

BLACKBERRY CORPORATION has filed 3 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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