DRAFTKINGS INC.

29 Green card sponsorships · 162 Temporary work filings · Arts & Entertainment · FY2018–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
4,248 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
0.68% Green-card sponsorship rate 29 green-card filings / 4,248 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
3.8% Work-visa filing rate 162 work-visa filings / 4,248 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
4.5% Visa filings vs workforce 191 filings / 4,248 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Arts & Entertainment · est. 4,248 U.S. employees
  • 28% Green-card filings certified 8 of 29 green-card filings · last filed Feb 2025 · FY2018–FY2025
    0 Green-card filings denied of 29 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    0 Green-card filings withdrawn of 29 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #3 Green-card + work-visa filings 191 filings · last Feb 2025 · #3 of 2,412 in Arts & Entertainment · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2025
    4% Visa filings vs workforce 191 filings / 4,248 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 self-reported headcount
    -81% Trend vs last year FY2024 3 vs FY2023 16
    #3 Green-card + work-visa filings, Arts & Entertainment 191 filings · #3 of 2,412 in Arts & Entertainment · FY2018–FY2025
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 191 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2025
    29 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2025
    162 Work-visa filings FY2018–FY2025
    Top 57% Work-visa filings per employee, Arts & Entertainment 146 filings / 4,248 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 57% of 365 in Arts & Entertainment with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2025
    Top 72% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Arts & Entertainment 175 filings / 4,248 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 72% of 1,544 in Arts & Entertainment reporting headcount · FY2018–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.6%, below the 60% we require before pairing layoffs with visa filings for a named employer. 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 →

Certified

8

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

21

72.4% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

0

0.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications DRAFTKINGS INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2019 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q2: 2 filingsFY2021 Q1: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 3 filingsFY2022 Q4: 3 filingsFY2023 Q1: 2 filingsFY2023 Q2: 13 filingsFY2023 Q4: 1 filingsFY2024 Q1: 2 filingsFY2024 Q2: 1 filings0613FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

DRAFTKINGS INC. applied to sponsor 29 workers for green cards between 2018 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.

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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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