FIRST DATA MERCHANT SERVICES CORPORATION

51 Green card sponsorships · 266 Temporary work filings · Finance & Insurance · FY2010–FY2021
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
44,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2021
0.12% Green-card sponsorship rate 51 green-card filings / 44,000 employees · FY2010–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount
0.60% Work-visa filing rate 266 work-visa filings / 44,000 employees · FY2010–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount
0.72% Visa filings vs workforce 317 filings / 44,000 employees · FY2010–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Finance & Insurance · est. 44,000 U.S. employees
  • 2% Green-card filings denied 1 of 51 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2021 filings
    51% Green-card filings certified 26 of 51 green-card filings · last filed Aug 2021 · FY2010–FY2021
    Aug 2021 Last filing
    0.72% Visa filings vs workforce 317 filings / 44,000 employees · FY2010–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 self-reported headcount
    -50% Green-card filings, FY2021 vs FY2020 5 vs 10
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, Finance & Insurance 317 filings · Top 4% of 8,325 in Finance & Insurance · FY2010–FY2021
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 317 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2021
    51 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2021
    266 Work-visa filings FY2010–FY2021
    Top 96% Green-card filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 51 filings / 44,000 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 96% of 5,190 in Finance & Insurance with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2021
    16% Green-card filings, share of all filings 51 of this employer's 317 · FY2010–FY2021 filings
    Top 2% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2010–FY2021 filings
    #3,681 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2021 filings
    #288 of 8,270 Green-card filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2010–FY2021 filings
    0.1% Green-card filings per employee 51 filings / 44,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2021 filings
    84% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 266 of this employer's 317 · FY2010–FY2021 filings
    Top 2% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2010–FY2021 filings
    #4,165 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2021 filings
    #267 of 6,269 Work-visa filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2010–FY2021 filings
    0.6% Work-visa filings per employee 266 filings / 44,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2021 filings
    317 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2010–FY2021 filings
    #3,698 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2021 filings
    #294 of 8,325 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2010–FY2021 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 →

26 Certified green-card approvals · FY2010–FY2021
22 Expired 45.8% rate · FY2010–FY2021
1 Denied 2.0% rate · FY2010–FY2021
2 Withdrawn 3.9% rate · FY2010–FY2021

Filings over time

How many green card applications FIRST DATA MERCHANT SERVICES CORPORATION has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010 Q1: 2 filingsFY2012 Q1: 2 filingsFY2013 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 3 filingsFY2016 Q2: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 3 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 3 filingsFY2018 Q3: 4 filingsFY2018 Q4: 4 filingsFY2019 Q1: 9 filingsFY2020 Q1: 3 filingsFY2020 Q2: 1 filingsFY2020 Q3: 5 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2021 Q2: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 2 filingsFY2021 Q4: 2 filings049FY2010FY2013FY2016FY2017FY2020
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

FIRST DATA MERCHANT SERVICES CORPORATION applied to sponsor 51 workers for green cards between 2010 and 2021. 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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