Defender Services, Inc.

1,649 Green card sponsorships · 0 Temporary work filings · Staffing & Admin · FY2018–FY2018
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
5,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2018
33.0% Green-card sponsorship rate 1,649 green-card filings / 5,000 employees · FY2018–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount
0.0% Work-visa filing rate 0 work-visa filings / 5,000 employees · FY2018–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount
33.0% Visa filings vs workforce 1,649 filings / 5,000 employees · FY2018–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Staffing & Admin · est. 5,000 U.S. employees
  • 30% Green-card filings certified 493 of 1,649 green-card filings · last filed Aug 2018 · FY2018
    164 Green-card filings denied of 1,649 green-card filings · FY2018 filings
    204 Green-card filings withdrawn of 1,649 green-card filings · FY2018 filings
    #9 Green-card + work-visa filings 1,649 filings · last Aug 2018 · #9 of 5,842 in Staffing & Admin · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018
    33% Visa filings vs workforce 1,649 filings / 5,000 employees · FY2018 filings vs FY2018 self-reported headcount
    -45% Trend vs last year FY2018 286 vs FY2017 524
    #9 Green-card + work-visa filings, Staffing & Admin 1,649 filings · #9 of 5,842 in Staffing & Admin · FY2018
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 1,649 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018
    1,649 Green-card filings FY2018
    Top 33% Green-card filings per employee, Staffing & Admin 1,649 filings / 5,000 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 33% of 3,481 in Staffing & Admin with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018
    Top 37% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Staffing & Admin 1,649 filings / 5,000 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 37% of 3,481 in Staffing & Admin reporting headcount · FY2018
    Top 27% Green-card filings per employee, all US 1,649 filings / 5,000 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 27% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.4%, 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.
Work location vs filing location wage differential

100% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (196 of 196 filings)

Worksite differs
100% (196)
Same state
0% (0)

Employer primary state: SC · Most common remote worksite: NC

Immigration How this is calculated →
Elevated denial rate

22.7% PERM denial rate vs 2.4% industry median (44 denied of 194 decided)

This employer
22.7%
Industry median
2.4%
Industry p90
54.8%
Immigration How this is calculated →
Wage level concentration

100% of PERM filings at Level I (entry) prevailing wage vs 54% industry median

Level I
100% (196)
Level II
0% (0)
Level III
0% (0)
Level IV
0% (0)

Industry median Level I share: 54.3% · 90th percentile: 100.0%

Immigration How this is calculated →

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

493

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

788

61.5% rate

Denied

164

9.9% rate

Withdrawn

204

12.4% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Defender Services, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2015 Q2: 12 filingsFY2015 Q3: 14 filingsFY2015 Q4: 271 filingsFY2016 Q1: 85 filingsFY2016 Q2: 237 filingsFY2016 Q3: 74 filingsFY2016 Q4: 146 filingsFY2017 Q1: 89 filingsFY2017 Q2: 257 filingsFY2017 Q3: 131 filingsFY2017 Q4: 47 filingsFY2018 Q1: 4 filingsFY2018 Q2: 191 filingsFY2018 Q3: 87 filingsFY2018 Q4: 4 filings0135271FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Defender Services, Inc. applied to sponsor 1,649 workers for green cards between 2018 and 2018. 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.

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