Subsidiary of Meta Platforms, Inc

FACEBOOK, INC.

10,007 Green card sponsorships · 21,949 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2008–FY2025
45,686 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
10,007 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
21,949 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
$159,263 Median offered wage FY2024 n=58 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 · Software Developers, Systems Software (15-1133)

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  • Information Technology · est. 45,686 U.S. employees
  • 31,956 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025 filings

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    -96% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 7 vs 161

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    FY2022 Last work-visa filing

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0.0% Work-visa filings, denied 0 of 3 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Information Technology 0.2% · US 0.7%

No count — the count is printed on the share card; no per-employee rank or percentile — 3 work-visa filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

Higher than 98% of employers Denied green-card filings per employee percentile · Information Technology of 100 employers reporting headcount · 0.21 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.02
Higher than 86% of employers Denied green-card filings per employee percentile · all US of 1,693 employers reporting headcount · 0.21 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.02
12.9% Green-card filings, denied 286 of 2,214 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Information Technology 2.1% · US 4.1%
#2 of 100 Denied green-card filings per employee · Information Technology 2 of 100 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.21 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.02
#221 of 1,693 Denied green-card filings per employee · all US 221 of 1,693 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.21 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.02

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

0.0% Work-visa filings, certified 0 of 3 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Information Technology 94.3% · US 91.9%

No count — the count is printed on the share card; no per-employee rank or percentile — 3 work-visa filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

Higher than 47% of employers Certified green-card filings per employee percentile · Information Technology of 100 employers reporting headcount · 1.1 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
Higher than 43% of employers Certified green-card filings per employee percentile · all US of 1,693 employers reporting headcount · 1.1 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
68.8% Green-card filings, certified 1,524 of 2,214 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Information Technology 91.5% · US 91.6%
#53 of 100 Certified green-card filings per employee · Information Technology 53 of 100 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 1.1 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
#949 of 1,693 Certified green-card filings per employee · all US 949 of 1,693 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 1.1 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0

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100.0% Work-visa filings, certified-withdrawn 3 of 3 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Information Technology 4.6% · US 5.8%

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0.0% Work-visa filings, withdrawn 0 of 3 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Information Technology 0.9% · US 1.7%

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18.2% Green-card filings, withdrawn 404 of 2,214 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Information Technology 6.5% · US 4.3%

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31,956 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025 filings

No percentile or rank — we rank green-card and work-visa filings per employee separately; No share — the combined total is all of this employer's filings, so it is not a share of them.

69% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 21,949 of this employer's 31,956 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
21,949 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025

No year-on-year change — this employer has no work-visa filings in FY2024 or FY2025; no per-employee rank or percentile — 3 work-visa filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

-96% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 7 vs 161

No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — the two yearly counts behind the change are printed on the card itself.

Higher than 55% of employers Green-card filings per employee percentile · Information Technology of 100 employers reporting headcount · 1.6 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.02
Higher than 47% of employers Green-card filings per employee percentile · all US of 1,693 employers reporting headcount · 1.6 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.02
31% Green-card filings, share of all filings 10,007 of this employer's 31,956 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
#45 of 100 Green-card filings per employee · Information Technology 45 of 100 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 1.6 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.02
#889 of 1,693 Green-card filings per employee · all US 889 of 1,693 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 1.6 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.02
10,007 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025

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 →

8,470 Certified green-card filings certified · FY2008–FY2025
315 Denied 3.1% rate · FY2008–FY2025
1,222 Withdrawn 12.2% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green-card filings FACEBOOK, INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q2: 3 filingsFY2008 Q3: 2 filingsFY2009 Q2: 2 filingsFY2009 Q4: 1 filingsFY2010 Q2: 3 filingsFY2010 Q3: 7 filingsFY2010 Q4: 4 filingsFY2011 Q1: 13 filingsFY2011 Q2: 19 filingsFY2011 Q3: 3 filingsFY2011 Q4: 26 filingsFY2012 Q1: 17 filingsFY2012 Q2: 7 filingsFY2012 Q3: 32 filingsFY2012 Q4: 29 filingsFY2013 Q1: 15 filingsFY2013 Q2: 28 filingsFY2013 Q3: 25 filingsFY2013 Q4: 27 filingsFY2015 Q1: 88 filingsFY2015 Q2: 93 filingsFY2015 Q3: 78 filingsFY2015 Q4: 156 filingsFY2016 Q1: 135 filingsFY2016 Q2: 177 filingsFY2016 Q3: 230 filingsFY2016 Q4: 186 filingsFY2017 Q1: 128 filingsFY2017 Q2: 181 filingsFY2017 Q3: 221 filingsFY2017 Q4: 162 filingsFY2018 Q1: 149 filingsFY2018 Q2: 188 filingsFY2018 Q3: 619 filingsFY2018 Q4: 487 filingsFY2019 Q1: 238 filingsFY2019 Q2: 323 filingsFY2019 Q3: 621 filingsFY2019 Q4: 299 filingsFY2020 Q1: 288 filingsFY2020 Q2: 224 filingsFY2020 Q3: 703 filingsFY2020 Q4: 332 filingsFY2021 Q1: 223 filingsFY2021 Q2: 21 filingsFY2021 Q3: 26 filingsFY2021 Q4: 50 filingsFY2022 Q1: 68 filingsFY2022 Q2: 538 filingsFY2022 Q3: 4 filingsFY2022 Q4: 294 filingsFY2023 Q1: 160 filingsFY2023 Q2: 744 filingsFY2023 Q3: 448 filingsFY2023 Q4: 694 filingsFY2024 Q1: 30 filingsFY2024 Q2: 6 filingsFY2024 Q3: 64 filingsFY2024 Q4: 61 filingsFY2025 Q1: 7 filings0372744FY2008FY2011FY2013FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2025
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Data through FY2025

What this means

FACEBOOK, INC. applied to sponsor 10,007 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.

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