COVANCE

76 Green card sponsorships · 351 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2008–FY2023
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
21,247 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2023
0.36% Green-card sponsorship rate 76 green-card filings / 21,247 employees · FY2008–FY2023 filings vs FY2023 headcount
1.7% Work-visa filing rate 351 work-visa filings / 21,247 employees · FY2008–FY2023 filings vs FY2023 headcount
2.0% Visa filings vs workforce 427 filings / 21,247 employees · FY2008–FY2023 filings vs FY2023 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Professional Services · est. 21,247 U.S. employees
  • 3% Green-card filings denied 2 of 76 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    50% Green-card filings certified 38 of 76 green-card filings · last filed Mar 2023 · FY2008–FY2023
    Mar 2023 Last filing
    2% Visa filings vs workforce 427 filings / 21,247 employees · FY2008–FY2023 filings vs FY2023 self-reported headcount
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 427 filings · Top 4% of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2008–FY2023
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 427 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2023
    76 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2023
    351 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2023
    Top 97% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 76 filings / 21,247 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 97% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2023
    18% Green-card filings, share of all filings 76 of this employer's 427 · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    Top 2% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    #2,469 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2023 filings
    #1,080 of 46,514 Green-card filings rank · Professional Services FY2008–FY2023 filings
    0.4% Green-card filings per employee 76 filings / 21,247 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    82% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 351 of this employer's 427 · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    Top 2% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    #3,205 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2023 filings
    #1,922 of 36,303 Work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2008–FY2023 filings
    1.7% Work-visa filings per employee 351 filings / 21,247 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    427 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2023 filings
    #3,003 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2023 filings
    #1,496 of 46,637 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2008–FY2023 filings
  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.6% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. 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 →

38 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2023
30 Expired 44.1% rate · FY2008–FY2023
2 Denied 2.6% rate · FY2008–FY2023
6 Withdrawn 7.9% rate · FY2008–FY2023

Filings over time

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

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2009 Q1: 5 filingsFY2010 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q2: 1 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q4: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 2 filingsFY2019 Q1: 19 filingsFY2020 Q1: 7 filingsFY2020 Q2: 12 filingsFY2020 Q3: 4 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2021 Q1: 4 filingsFY2021 Q2: 2 filingsFY2021 Q3: 8 filingsFY2022 Q1: 1 filingsFY2023 Q2: 1 filings0919FY2008FY2010FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2022
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

COVANCE applied to sponsor 76 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2023. 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

COVANCE has filed 2 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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