BOSTON SCIENTIFIC

440 Green card sponsorships · 1,545 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume Top 1% 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
41,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
1.1% Green-card sponsorship rate 440 green-card filings / 41,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
3.8% Work-visa filing rate 1,545 work-visa filings / 41,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
4.8% Visa filings vs workforce 1,985 filings / 41,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Manufacturing · est. 41,000 U.S. employees
  • 53% Green-card filings certified 234 of 440 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    6 Green-card filings denied of 440 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    11 Green-card filings withdrawn of 440 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #64 Green-card + work-visa filings 1,985 filings · last Jun 2026 · #64 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    5% Visa filings vs workforce 1,985 filings / 41,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    +33% Trend vs last year FY2025 56 vs FY2024 42
    #64 Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 1,985 filings · #64 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 1,985 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    440 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    1,545 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 69% Work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 820 filings / 41,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 69% of 7,461 in Manufacturing with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 69% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 1,260 filings / 41,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 69% of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.5%, 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: 1,318 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to COSTA RICA, INDIA, INDIA, CHINA, IRELAND, PHILIPPINES | PERM: 226 filings from COSTA RICA, INDIA, IRELAND, PHILIPPINES

Post-layoff filing increase

73 immigration filings in the 2 years after a 168-worker WARN notice (replacement ratio 43.5%, peak 3.2x baseline)

Baseline (2017-2020 avg)
11.8
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 ↗ year 2021 - 168 workers
Post- 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 ↗ peak (2022-2023)
38

Replacement ratio: 43.5% · spike multiplier: 3.23x baseline

Work location vs filing location wage differential

67% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (242 of 359 filings)

Worksite differs
67% (242)
Same state
33% (117)

Employer primary state: MASSACHUSETTS · Most common remote worksite: MINNESOTA

Worksite geographic cost migration

Worksite shifted from MASSACHUSETTS to MA with $17,765 prevailing wage decrease

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

234

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

189

44.7% rate

Denied

6

1.4% rate

Withdrawn

11

2.5% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications BOSTON SCIENTIFIC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 4 filingsFY2009 Q1: 14 filingsFY2010 Q1: 32 filingsFY2011 Q1: 25 filingsFY2012 Q1: 17 filingsFY2013 Q1: 14 filingsFY2015 Q1: 4 filingsFY2015 Q2: 3 filingsFY2015 Q3: 4 filingsFY2016 Q2: 2 filingsFY2016 Q3: 7 filingsFY2016 Q4: 5 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 10 filingsFY2017 Q3: 4 filingsFY2017 Q4: 6 filingsFY2018 Q1: 4 filingsFY2018 Q2: 3 filingsFY2018 Q3: 10 filingsFY2018 Q4: 5 filingsFY2019 Q1: 22 filingsFY2020 Q1: 2 filingsFY2020 Q2: 3 filingsFY2020 Q3: 11 filingsFY2020 Q4: 3 filingsFY2021 Q2: 8 filingsFY2021 Q3: 12 filingsFY2021 Q4: 6 filingsFY2022 Q1: 10 filingsFY2022 Q2: 9 filingsFY2022 Q3: 12 filingsFY2022 Q4: 4 filingsFY2023 Q1: 5 filingsFY2023 Q2: 16 filingsFY2023 Q3: 13 filingsFY2023 Q4: 4 filingsFY2024 Q1: 5 filingsFY2024 Q2: 8 filingsFY2024 Q3: 29 filingsFY2025 Q1: 3 filingsFY2025 Q2: 21 filingsFY2025 Q3: 13 filingsFY2025 Q4: 19 filingsFY2026 Q1: 9 filingsFY2026 Q2: 4 filingsFY2026 Q3: 15 filings01632FY2008FY2012FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC applied to sponsor 440 workers for green cards between 2008 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

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC has filed 9 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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