Far East Metals, Inc.

16 Green card sponsorships · 3 Temporary work filings · Wholesale Trade · FY2008–FY2024
Filing volume Top 9% 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
6 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
266.7% Green-card sponsorship rate 16 green-card filings / 6 employees · FY2008–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 headcount
50.0% Work-visa filing rate 3 work-visa filings / 6 employees · FY2008–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 headcount
316.7% Visa filings vs workforce 19 filings / 6 employees · FY2008–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Wholesale Trade · est. 6 U.S. employees
  • 62% Green-card filings certified 10 of 16 green-card filings · last filed Mar 2026 · FY2008–FY2024
    1 Green-card filings denied of 16 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2024 filings
    0 Green-card filings withdrawn of 16 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2024 filings
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings 19 filings · last Mar 2026 · Top 4% of 10,825 in Wholesale Trade · Top 9% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2024
    317% Visa filings vs workforce 19 filings / 6 employees · FY2008–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 self-reported headcount
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, Wholesale Trade 19 filings · Top 4% of 10,825 in Wholesale Trade · FY2008–FY2024
    Top 9% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 19 filings · Top 9% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2024
    16 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2024
    3 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2024
    #28 Green-card filings per employee, Wholesale Trade 16 filings / 6 employees (2024, self-reported) · #28 of 6,417 of 6,417 in Wholesale Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2024
    #51 Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Wholesale Trade 18 filings / 6 employees (2024, self-reported) · #51 of 6,417 of 6,417 in Wholesale Trade reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2024
    Top 26% Work-visa filings per employee, Wholesale Trade 2 filings / 6 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 26% of 2,492 in Wholesale Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2024
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.5%, 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

10

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

5

33.3% rate

Denied

1

6.2% rate

Withdrawn

0

0.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Far East Metals, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2009 Q1: 1 filingsFY2010 Q1: 1 filingsFY2011 Q1: 1 filingsFY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 2 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2021 Q1: 1 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filingsFY2024 Q3: 2 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filings012FY2008FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2019FY2021
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Far East Metals, Inc. applied to sponsor 16 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2024. 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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