Does Columbia College Chicago sponsor green cards?

Columbia College Chicago has filed 20 PERM (green card) applications with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does Columbia College Chicago sponsor?

Columbia College Chicago has filed 44 LCA (temporary work visa) applications, the precursor step for H-1B and other non-immigrant visa filings.

How long has Columbia College Chicago been filing visa applications?

Public DOL records for Columbia College Chicago cover fiscal years 2008 through 2025.

Columbia College Chicago

20 Green card sponsorships · 44 Temporary work filings · Education · FY2008–FY2025

FEIN 36-6112087 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)

Filing volume Top 5% of 330,651 US employers by PERM 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 jobI-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 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 DOLCap 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

500 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2023

20 Green-card filings PERM 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 jobI-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

44 Work-visa filings LCA 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 DOLCap 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

What this means for you

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We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
Education · est. 500 U.S. employees Showing 3 of 5 measurements · Show all →
0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 20 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings

0 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2025 filings

15% Green-card filings certified 3 of 20 green-card filings · last filed Apr 2026 · FY2008–FY2025

3 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2025

Apr 2026 Last filing

2 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.
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History, not a hiring promise.

Every measurement we computed

The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.

Top 13% Green-card + work-visa filings, Education 64 filings · Top 13% of 7,270 in Education · FY2008–FY2025

Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 64 filings · Top 5% of 330,651 US employers · FY2008–FY2025

#934 of 7,270 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2025 filings

#15,356 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings

64 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025 filings

12.8% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 64 filings / 500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings

Top 46% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Education 64 filings / 500 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 46% of 4,213 in Education reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025

Top 8% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings

69% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 44 of this employer's 64 · FY2008–FY2025 filings

#1,046 of 5,010 Work-visa filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2025 filings

#17,711 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings

44 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025

8.8% Work-visa filings per employee 44 filings / 500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings

Top 50% Work-visa filings per employee, Education 44 filings / 500 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 50% of 2,975 in Education with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025

Top 5% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings

31% Green-card filings, share of all filings 20 of this employer's 64 · FY2008–FY2025 filings

#593 of 7,270 Green-card filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2025 filings

#8,765 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings

20 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025

4.0% Green-card filings per employee 20 filings / 500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings

Top 43% Green-card filings per employee, Education 20 filings / 500 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 43% of 4,213 in Education with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025

Public record data. PERM 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 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 →

3 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025

15 Expired 83.3% rate · FY2008–FY2025

0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2008–FY2025

2 Withdrawn 10.0% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications Columbia College Chicago has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

What this means

Columbia College Chicago applied to sponsor 20 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.

USCIS visa petition outcomes

Source: USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub. Petition decisions by fiscal year.

How many visa applications became actual visas

21.4%

9 decisions / 42 certified LCAs

Total USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ decisions

9 initial approvals, 0 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

1.00:1

initial approvals per continuing approval, USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ hub, FY2009-FY2022

100.0% initial approval rate (3yr)

LCA 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 ↗ realization rate

21.4% of this employer's 42 certified LCA 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 ↗ applications resulted in USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition decisions.

FY	New visa approvals	Renewal approvals	Total
2022	1	0	1
2021	0	1	1
2018	1	1	2
2017	0	3	3
2014	0	2	2
2013	3	2	5
2012	0	1	1
2011	1	2	3
2010	2	2	4
2009	1	4	5

10 fiscal years of USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition data. Data from USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub.

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