FOSTER WHEELER USA CORPORATION

102 Green card sponsorships · 316 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2008–FY2023
Filing volume Top 3% 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
17,586 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2023
0.58% Green-card sponsorship rate 102 green-card filings / 17,586 employees · FY2008–FY2023 filings vs FY2023 headcount
1.8% Work-visa filing rate 316 work-visa filings / 17,586 employees · FY2008–FY2023 filings vs FY2023 headcount
2.4% Visa filings vs workforce 418 filings / 17,586 employees · FY2008–FY2023 filings vs FY2023 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Professional Services · est. 17,586 U.S. employees
  • 7% Green-card filings denied 7 of 102 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    29% Green-card filings certified 30 of 102 green-card filings · last filed Jan 2023 · FY2008–FY2023
    Jan 2023 Last filing
    2% Visa filings vs workforce 418 filings / 17,586 employees · FY2008–FY2023 filings vs FY2023 self-reported headcount
    Top 8% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 418 filings · Top 8% of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2008–FY2023
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 418 filings · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2023
    102 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2023
    316 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2023
    Top 96% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 102 filings / 17,586 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 96% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2023
    24% Green-card filings, share of all filings 102 of this employer's 418 · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    #1,771 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2023 filings
    #745 of 46,514 Green-card filings rank · Professional Services FY2008–FY2023 filings
    0.6% Green-card filings per employee 102 filings / 17,586 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    76% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 316 of this employer's 418 · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    Top 2% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    #3,561 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2023 filings
    #2,148 of 36,303 Work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2008–FY2023 filings
    1.8% Work-visa filings per employee 316 filings / 17,586 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2023 filings
    418 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2023 filings
    #7,152 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2023 filings
    #3,550 of 46,637 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2008–FY2023 filings
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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 →

30 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2023
59 Expired 66.3% rate · FY2008–FY2023
7 Denied 6.9% rate · FY2008–FY2023
6 Withdrawn 5.9% rate · FY2008–FY2023

Filings over time

How many green card applications FOSTER WHEELER USA CORPORATION has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 23 filingsFY2009 Q1: 13 filingsFY2010 Q1: 9 filingsFY2011 Q1: 6 filingsFY2012 Q1: 29 filingsFY2013 Q1: 4 filingsFY2015 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 5 filingsFY2015 Q4: 3 filingsFY2016 Q1: 3 filingsFY2016 Q2: 4 filingsFY2021 Q2: 1 filingsFY2023 Q2: 1 filings01429FY2008FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2015FY2016
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

FOSTER WHEELER USA CORPORATION applied to sponsor 102 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2023. 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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