Forbes Media LLC

11 Green card sponsorships · 88 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2008–FY2026
Filing volume Top 4% of 330,651 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
607 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
11 Green-card filings 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 ↗ filings on record
88 Work-visa filings 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 ↗ filings on record

What this means for you

One record, five questions. Ask as many as you like.

  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Information Technology · est. 607 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 11 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings
    0 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2026 filings
    27% Green-card filings certified 3 of 11 green-card filings · last filed Jan 2026 · FY2008–FY2026
    3 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2026
    Jan 2026 Last filing

    2 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.

  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.9% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Every measurement we computed

The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.

Top 8% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 99 filings · Top 8% of 7,238 in Information Technology · FY2008–FY2026
Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 99 filings · Top 4% of 330,651 US employers · FY2008–FY2026
#537 of 7,238 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2008–FY2026 filings
#10,964 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
99 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings
16.3% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 99 filings / 607 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
Top 63% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 99 filings / 607 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 63% of 4,593 in Information Technology reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2026
Top 5% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings
89% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 88 of this employer's 99 · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#503 of 5,644 Work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2008–FY2026 filings
#10,484 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
88 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026
14.5% Work-visa filings per employee 88 filings / 607 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
Top 64% Work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 88 filings / 607 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 64% of 3,697 in Information Technology with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026
Top 7% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings
11% Green-card filings, share of all filings 11 of this employer's 99 · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#766 of 7,230 Green-card filings rank · Information Technology FY2008–FY2026 filings
#14,284 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
11 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2026
1.8% Green-card filings per employee 11 filings / 607 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
Top 80% Green-card filings per employee, Information Technology 11 filings / 607 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 80% of 4,593 in Information Technology with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026

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 →

3 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2026
8 Expired 72.7% rate · FY2008–FY2026
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2008–FY2026
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2008–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications Forbes Media LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2010 Q1: 1 filingsFY2012 Q1: 2 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 1 filingsFY2020 Q3: 1 filingsFY2021 Q1: 1 filingsFY2022 Q1: 1 filingsFY2024 Q1: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 1 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filings012FY2010FY2012FY2017FY2021FY2022FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Forbes Media LLC applied to sponsor 11 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2026. 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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