Subsidiary of BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY

28 Green card sponsorships · 82 Temporary work filings · Transportation · FY2010–FY2025
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
35,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
0.080% Green-card sponsorship rate 28 green-card filings / 35,000 employees · FY2010–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
0.23% Work-visa filing rate 82 work-visa filings / 35,000 employees · FY2010–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
0.31% Visa filings vs workforce 110 filings / 35,000 employees · FY2010–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Transportation · est. 35,000 U.S. employees
  • 43% Green-card filings certified 12 of 28 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2010–FY2025
    0 Green-card filings denied of 28 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    2 Green-card filings withdrawn of 28 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings 110 filings · last Jun 2026 · Top 3% of 3,579 in Transportation · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2025
    0.31% Visa filings vs workforce 110 filings / 35,000 employees · FY2010–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 self-reported headcount
    -83% Trend vs last year FY2024 1 vs FY2020 6
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, Transportation 110 filings · Top 3% of 3,579 in Transportation · FY2010–FY2025
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 110 filings · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2025
    28 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2025
    82 Work-visa filings FY2010–FY2025
    Top 98% Work-visa filings per employee, Transportation 31 filings / 35,000 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 98% of 619 in Transportation with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025
    Top 99% Green-card filings per employee, Transportation 28 filings / 35,000 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 99% of 2,483 in Transportation with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025
  • 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 →

Certified

12

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

14

53.8% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

2

7.1% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010 Q1: 3 filingsFY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 3 filingsFY2017 Q2: 2 filingsFY2018 Q1: 3 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 4 filingsFY2020 Q3: 6 filingsFY2024 Q2: 1 filings036FY2010FY2012FY2013FY2015FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY applied to sponsor 28 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

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY 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.

Subsidiaries 1

Combined: 19 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 ↗ + 34 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 ↗ filings

Subsidiary vs All vs Industry Trend (8Q) Green card sponsorships Temporary work filings Employees
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