CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

4 Green card sponsorships · 51 Temporary work filings · Transportation · FY2008–FY2025
FEIN 36-2164842 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)
Filing volume Top 8% 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
4 Green-card filings 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 ↗ filings on record
51 Work-visa filings 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 on record
Employee count unavailable - public companies (SEC) and 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 ↗ -self-reporting employers only

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Transportation
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 4 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    50% Green-card filings certified 2 of 4 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    Jun 2026 Last filing
    Top 7% Green-card + work-visa filings, Transportation 55 filings · Top 7% of 3,579 in Transportation · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 8% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 55 filings · Top 8% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    4 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    7% Green-card filings, share of all filings 4 of this employer's 55 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 16% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #32,053 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #490 of 3,577 Green-card filings rank · Transportation FY2008–FY2025 filings
    51 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025 filings
    93% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 51 of this employer's 55 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 7% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #15,831 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #83 of 1,312 Work-visa filings rank · Transportation FY2008–FY2025 filings
    55 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #25,755 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #239 of 3,579 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Transportation FY2008–FY2025 filings

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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 →

2 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025
2 Expired 50.0% rate · FY2008–FY2025
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2008–FY2025
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 2 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filings012FY2008
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY applied to sponsor 4 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

CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY has filed 6 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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