First Student, Inc.

2 Green card sponsorships · 10 Temporary work filings · Transportation · FY2021–FY2025
Filing volume Top 16% 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
50,500 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
0.0040% Green-card sponsorship rate 2 green-card filings / 50,500 employees · FY2021–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
0.020% Work-visa filing rate 10 work-visa filings / 50,500 employees · FY2021–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
0.024% Visa filings vs workforce 12 filings / 50,500 employees · FY2021–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Transportation · est. 50,500 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 2 green-card filings · FY2021–FY2025 filings
    100% Green-card filings certified 2 of 2 green-card filings · last filed Aug 2025 · FY2021–FY2025
    Aug 2025 Last filing
    0.024% Visa filings vs workforce 12 filings / 50,500 employees · FY2021–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    Top 14% Green-card + work-visa filings, Transportation 12 filings · Top 14% of 3,579 in Transportation · FY2021–FY2025
    Top 16% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 12 filings · Top 16% of 332,896 US employers · FY2021–FY2025
    2 Green-card filings FY2021–FY2025
    10 Work-visa filings FY2021–FY2025
    Top 100% Green-card filings per employee, Transportation 2 filings / 50,500 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 100% of 2,483 in Transportation with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2021–FY2025
    17% Green-card filings, share of all filings 2 of this employer's 12 · FY2021–FY2025 filings
    Top 27% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2021–FY2025 filings
    #55,870 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2021–FY2025 filings
    #908 of 3,577 Green-card filings rank · Transportation FY2021–FY2025 filings
    0.0% Green-card filings per employee 2 filings / 50,500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2021–FY2025 filings
    83% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 10 of this employer's 12 · FY2021–FY2025 filings
    Top 23% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2021–FY2025 filings
    #51,327 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2021–FY2025 filings
    #334 of 1,312 Work-visa filings rank · Transportation FY2021–FY2025 filings
    0.0% Work-visa filings per employee 10 filings / 50,500 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2021–FY2025 filings
    12 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2021–FY2025 filings
    #52,568 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2021–FY2025 filings
    #493 of 3,579 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Transportation FY2021–FY2025 filings
  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.8% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. 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 →

2 Certified green-card approvals · FY2021–FY2025
0 Expired 0.0% rate · FY2021–FY2025
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2021–FY2025
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2021–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications First Student, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2021 to today.

FY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q4: 1 filings001FY2015
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

First Student, Inc. applied to sponsor 2 workers for green cards between 2021 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.

Recent layoff notices

First Student, Inc. has filed 20 WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

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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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