DOLLAR GENERAL

25 Green card sponsorships · 189 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2013–FY2025
Filing volume Top 2% 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
170,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
25 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
189 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

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Retail Trade · est. 170,000 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 25 green-card filings · FY2013–FY2025 filings
    84% Green-card filings certified 21 of 25 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2013–FY2025
    Jun 2026 Last filing
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 214 filings · Top 1% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2013–FY2025
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 214 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2013–FY2025
    25 Green-card filings FY2013–FY2025
    189 Work-visa filings FY2013–FY2025
    Top 99% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 25 filings / 170,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 99% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2013–FY2025
    12% Green-card filings, share of all filings 25 of this employer's 214 · FY2013–FY2025 filings
    Top 4% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2013–FY2025 filings
    #7,226 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2013–FY2025 filings
    #194 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2013–FY2025 filings
    0.0% Green-card filings per employee 25 filings / 170,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2013–FY2025 filings
    88% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 189 of this employer's 214 · FY2013–FY2025 filings
    Top 3% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2013–FY2025 filings
    #5,644 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2013–FY2025 filings
    #112 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2013–FY2025 filings
    0.1% Work-visa filings per employee 189 filings / 170,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2013–FY2025 filings
    214 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2013–FY2025 filings
    #4,335 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2013–FY2025 filings
    #107 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2013–FY2025 filings
    0.1% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 214 filings / 170,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2013–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 →

21 Certified green-card approvals · FY2013–FY2025
4 Expired 16.0% rate · FY2013–FY2025
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2013–FY2025
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2013–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications DOLLAR GENERAL has filed each quarter, from FY2013 to today.

FY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 2 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1 filingsFY2022 Q4: 3 filingsFY2023 Q1: 1 filingsFY2023 Q3: 1 filingsFY2024 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 1 filingsFY2025 Q3: 2 filingsFY2025 Q4: 9 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 1 filings049FY2013FY2017FY2023
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

DOLLAR GENERAL applied to sponsor 25 workers for green cards between 2013 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

DOLLAR GENERAL has filed 1 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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