CVS PHARMACY

544 Green card sponsorships · 3,161 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume #159 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
300,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
0.18% Green-card sponsorship rate 544 green-card filings / 300,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
1.1% Work-visa filing rate 3,161 work-visa filings / 300,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
1.2% Visa filings vs workforce 3,705 filings / 300,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Retail Trade · est. 300,000 U.S. employees
  • 1% Green-card filings denied 4 of 544 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    61% Green-card filings certified 333 of 544 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    Jun 2026 Last filing
    1% Visa filings vs workforce 3,705 filings / 300,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    -44% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 27 vs 48
    #10 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 3,705 filings · #10 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2025
    #159 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 3,705 filings · #159 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    544 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    3,161 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 97% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 544 filings / 300,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 97% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    15% Green-card filings, share of all filings 544 of this employer's 3,705 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #246 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #14 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2008–FY2025 filings
    0.2% Green-card filings per employee 544 filings / 300,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    85% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 3,161 of this employer's 3,705 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #236 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #12 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2008–FY2025 filings
    1.1% Work-visa filings per employee 3,161 filings / 300,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    3,705 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings percentile · all US of 332,896 employers · FY2008–FY2025 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 →

333 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025
198 Expired 37.3% rate · FY2008–FY2025
4 Denied 0.7% rate · FY2008–FY2025
9 Withdrawn 1.7% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

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

FY2008 Q1: 2 filingsFY2012 Q1: 9 filingsFY2013 Q1: 4 filingsFY2015 Q1: 4 filingsFY2015 Q2: 6 filingsFY2015 Q3: 4 filingsFY2015 Q4: 20 filingsFY2016 Q1: 14 filingsFY2016 Q2: 19 filingsFY2016 Q3: 27 filingsFY2016 Q4: 17 filingsFY2017 Q1: 11 filingsFY2017 Q2: 11 filingsFY2017 Q3: 9 filingsFY2017 Q4: 3 filingsFY2018 Q1: 11 filingsFY2018 Q2: 6 filingsFY2018 Q3: 9 filingsFY2018 Q4: 3 filingsFY2019 Q1: 15 filingsFY2020 Q3: 1 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2021 Q1: 1 filingsFY2021 Q2: 2 filingsFY2021 Q3: 8 filingsFY2021 Q4: 2 filingsFY2022 Q1: 6 filingsFY2022 Q2: 5 filingsFY2022 Q3: 7 filingsFY2022 Q4: 4 filingsFY2023 Q1: 9 filingsFY2023 Q2: 11 filingsFY2023 Q3: 21 filingsFY2023 Q4: 15 filingsFY2024 Q1: 3 filingsFY2024 Q2: 13 filingsFY2024 Q3: 32 filingsFY2025 Q1: 27 filingsFY2026 Q1: 30 filingsFY2026 Q2: 121 filingsFY2026 Q3: 21 filings060121FY2008FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

CVS PHARMACY applied to sponsor 544 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

CVS PHARMACY has filed 10 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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