FOGO DE CHAO (HOLDINGS) INC.

267 Green card sponsorships · 0 Temporary work filings · Hospitality · FY2019–FY2025
Filing volume Top 1% 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
80 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
333.8% Green-card sponsorship rate 267 green-card filings / 80 employees · FY2019–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
0.0% Work-visa filing rate 0 work-visa filings / 80 employees · FY2019–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
333.8% Visa filings vs workforce 267 filings / 80 employees · FY2019–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Hospitality · est. 80 U.S. employees
  • 52% Green-card filings certified 138 of 267 green-card filings · last filed Apr 2026 · FY2019–FY2025
    6 Green-card filings denied of 267 green-card filings · FY2019–FY2025 filings
    15 Green-card filings withdrawn of 267 green-card filings · FY2019–FY2025 filings
    #15 Green-card + work-visa filings 267 filings · last Apr 2026 · #15 of 17,812 in Hospitality · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2019–FY2025
    334% Visa filings vs workforce 267 filings / 80 employees · FY2019–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    +18% Trend vs last year FY2025 32 vs FY2024 27
    #15 Green-card + work-visa filings, Hospitality 267 filings · #15 of 17,812 in Hospitality · FY2019–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 267 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2019–FY2025
    267 Green-card filings FY2019–FY2025
    #15 Green-card filings per employee, Hospitality 267 filings / 80 employees (2025, self-reported) · #15 of 9,441 of 9,441 in Hospitality with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2019–FY2025
    #20 Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Hospitality 267 filings / 80 employees (2025, self-reported) · #20 of 9,441 of 9,441 in Hospitality reporting headcount · FY2019–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card filings per employee, all US 267 filings / 80 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 1% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2019–FY2025
  • 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.

Filing pattern observations

Filing patterns are statistical observations derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. They do not constitute accusations of wrongdoing. Wage levels are determined by the DOL's rigid 5-step NPWC evaluation process based on O*NET Job Zone requirements. Use this information to inform your own due diligence.
Recruitment geography concentration

100% of 118 PERM filings list BRAZIL as country of citizenship (HHI 10,000)

Immigration How this is calculated →
Work location vs filing location wage differential

58% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (87 of 150 filings)

Worksite differs
58% (87)
Same state
42% (63)

Employer primary state: TEXAS · Most common remote worksite: ILLINOIS

Immigration How this is calculated →
Worksite geographic cost migration

Worksite shifted from TEXAS to TX with $18,196 prevailing wage decrease

Immigration How this is calculated →

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

138

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

108

43.9% rate

Denied

6

2.2% rate

Withdrawn

15

5.6% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications FOGO DE CHAO (HOLDINGS) INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2019 to today.

FY2015 Q1: 3 filingsFY2015 Q2: 3 filingsFY2016 Q1: 5 filingsFY2016 Q3: 11 filingsFY2016 Q4: 2 filingsFY2017 Q1: 3 filingsFY2017 Q2: 9 filingsFY2017 Q3: 7 filingsFY2017 Q4: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 34 filingsFY2020 Q4: 11 filingsFY2021 Q2: 4 filingsFY2021 Q4: 2 filingsFY2022 Q1: 6 filingsFY2022 Q2: 7 filingsFY2022 Q3: 6 filingsFY2022 Q4: 4 filingsFY2023 Q1: 2 filingsFY2023 Q4: 15 filingsFY2024 Q1: 27 filingsFY2025 Q2: 25 filingsFY2025 Q3: 7 filingsFY2026 Q2: 4 filingsFY2026 Q3: 69 filings03469FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2019FY2022FY2023FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

FOGO DE CHAO (HOLDINGS) INC. applied to sponsor 267 workers for green cards between 2019 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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