FIRST IMPERIAL TRADING CO.

3 Green card sponsorships · 10 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2010–FY2019
Filing volume Top 24% 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
51 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2019
5.9% Green-card sponsorship rate 3 green-card filings / 51 employees · FY2010–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount
19.6% Work-visa filing rate 10 work-visa filings / 51 employees · FY2010–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount
25.5% Visa filings vs workforce 13 filings / 51 employees · FY2010–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and visa filings vs workforce.
  • Retail Trade · est. 51 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 3 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2019 filings
    67% Green-card filings certified 2 of 3 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2019
    25% Visa filings vs workforce 13 filings / 51 employees · FY2010–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 self-reported headcount
    Top 14% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 13 filings · Top 14% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2010–FY2019
    Top 24% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 13 filings · Top 24% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2019
    3 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2019
    10 Work-visa filings FY2010–FY2019
    Top 78% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 3 filings / 51 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 78% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2019
    23% Green-card filings, share of all filings 3 of this employer's 13 · FY2010–FY2019 filings
    Top 20% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2010–FY2019 filings
    #40,597 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2019 filings
    #1,267 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2010–FY2019 filings
    5.9% Green-card filings per employee 3 filings / 51 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2019 filings
    77% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 10 of this employer's 13 · FY2010–FY2019 filings
    Top 23% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2010–FY2019 filings
    #51,327 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2019 filings
    #878 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2010–FY2019 filings
    19.6% Work-visa filings per employee 10 filings / 51 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2019 filings
    13 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2010–FY2019 filings
    #79,071 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2019 filings
    #1,644 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2010–FY2019 filings
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  • 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 →

2 Certified green-card approvals · FY2010–FY2019
1 Expired 33.3% rate · FY2010–FY2019
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2010–FY2019
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2010–FY2019

Filings over time

How many green card applications FIRST IMPERIAL TRADING CO. has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010: 1 filingsFY2013: 1 filingsFY2019: 1 filings001FY2010FY2013FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

FIRST IMPERIAL TRADING CO. applied to sponsor 3 workers for green cards between 2010 and 2019. 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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