FPL Food, LLC

3,551 Green card sponsorships · 11 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2020–FY2025
Filing volume #123 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
500 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
710.2% Green-card sponsorship rate 3,551 green-card filings / 500 employees · FY2020–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
2.2% Work-visa filing rate 11 work-visa filings / 500 employees · FY2020–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
712.4% Visa filings vs workforce 3,562 filings / 500 employees · FY2020–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Manufacturing · est. 500 U.S. employees
  • 68% Green-card filings certified 2,430 of 3,551 green-card filings · last filed Feb 2026 · FY2020–FY2025
    6 Green-card filings denied of 3,551 green-card filings · FY2020–FY2025 filings
    262 Green-card filings withdrawn of 3,551 green-card filings · FY2020–FY2025 filings
    #16 Green-card + work-visa filings 3,562 filings · last Feb 2026 · #16 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · #123 of 332,896 US employers · FY2020–FY2025
    712% Visa filings vs workforce 3,562 filings / 500 employees · FY2020–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    +274% Trend vs last year FY2025 2,260 vs FY2024 605
    #16 Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 3,562 filings · #16 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2020–FY2025
    #123 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 3,562 filings · #123 of 332,896 US employers · FY2020–FY2025
    3,551 Green-card filings FY2020–FY2025
    11 Work-visa filings FY2020–FY2025
    #6 Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 3,551 filings / 500 employees (2025, self-reported) · #6 of 13,050 of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2020–FY2025
    #17 Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 3,555 filings / 500 employees (2025, self-reported) · #17 of 13,050 of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2020–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

99% of 1,229 PERM filings list VIETNAM as country of citizenship (HHI 9,886)

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

2,430

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

853

26.0% rate

Denied

6

0.2% rate

Withdrawn

262

7.4% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications FPL Food, LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2020 to today.

FY2022 Q1: 2 filingsFY2022 Q2: 3 filingsFY2022 Q3: 13 filingsFY2022 Q4: 29 filingsFY2023 Q1: 21 filingsFY2023 Q2: 264 filingsFY2023 Q3: 122 filingsFY2023 Q4: 170 filingsFY2024 Q1: 66 filingsFY2024 Q2: 5 filingsFY2024 Q3: 534 filingsFY2025 Q1: 278 filingsFY2025 Q2: 324 filingsFY2025 Q3: 705 filingsFY2025 Q4: 953 filingsFY2026 Q1: 60 filingsFY2026 Q2: 2 filings0476953FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

FPL Food, LLC applied to sponsor 3,551 workers for green cards between 2020 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

FPL Food, LLC has filed 1 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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