FOREVER 21, INC. (MERGED WITH FASHION 21, INC.)

39 Green card sponsorships · 0 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2010–FY2020
Filing volume Top 5% 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
39,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2020
0.10% Green-card sponsorship rate 39 green-card filings / 39,000 employees · FY2010–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 headcount
0.0% Work-visa filing rate 0 work-visa filings / 39,000 employees · FY2010–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 headcount
0.10% Visa filings vs workforce 39 filings / 39,000 employees · FY2010–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 39,000 U.S. employees
  • 51% Green-card filings certified 20 of 39 green-card filings · last filed May 2020 · FY2010–FY2020
    1 Green-card filings denied of 39 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2020 filings
    2 Green-card filings withdrawn of 39 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2020 filings
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings 39 filings · last May 2020 · Top 3% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 5% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2020
    0.10% Visa filings vs workforce 39 filings / 39,000 employees · FY2010–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 self-reported headcount
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 39 filings · Top 3% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2010–FY2020
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 39 filings · Top 5% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2020
    39 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2020
    Top 98% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 39 filings / 39,000 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 98% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2020
    Top 99% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 39 filings / 39,000 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 99% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2010–FY2020
    Top 98% Green-card filings per employee, all US 39 filings / 39,000 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 98% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2020
    Top 99% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, all US 39 filings / 39,000 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 99% of 115,211 US employers reporting headcount · FY2010–FY2020
  • 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.

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

20

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

16

44.4% rate

Denied

1

2.6% rate

Withdrawn

2

5.1% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications FOREVER 21, INC. (MERGED WITH FASHION 21, INC.) has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010 Q1: 3 filingsFY2011 Q1: 1 filingsFY2012 Q1: 4 filingsFY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q1: 2 filingsFY2016 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q3: 3 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 3 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q4: 3 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 8 filingsFY2018 Q4: 2 filingsFY2019 Q1: 2 filingsFY2020 Q2: 2 filingsFY2020 Q3: 1 filings048FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2017FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

FOREVER 21, INC. (MERGED WITH FASHION 21, INC.) applied to sponsor 39 workers for green cards between 2010 and 2020. 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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