GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

170 Green card sponsorships · 555 Temporary work filings · Education · FY2008–FY2020
Filing volume Top 2% 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
Employee count unavailable - public companies (SEC) and 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 ↗ -self-reporting employers only

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Education
  • 28% Green-card filings certified 47 of 170 green-card filings · last filed Apr 2020 · FY2008–FY2020
    51 Green-card filings denied of 170 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    7 Green-card filings withdrawn of 170 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings 725 filings · last Apr 2020 · Top 5% of 7,445 in Education · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2020
    -97% Trend vs last year FY2017 1 vs FY2016 31
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, Education 725 filings · Top 5% of 7,445 in Education · FY2008–FY2020
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 725 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2020
    170 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2020
    555 Work-visa filings FY2008–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.

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.
Elevated denial rate

30.2% PERM denial rate vs 2.6% industry median (32 denied of 106 decided)

This employer
30.2%
Industry median
2.6%
Industry p90
10.5%
Immigration How this is calculated →
Wage level concentration

91% of PERM filings at Level I (entry) prevailing wage vs 75% industry median

Level I
90% (98)
Level II
9% (10)
Level III
0% (0)
Level IV
0% (0)

Industry median Level I share: 75.0% · 90th percentile: 95.6%

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

47

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

65

58.0% rate

Denied

51

30.0% rate

Withdrawn

7

4.1% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 15 filingsFY2009 Q1: 7 filingsFY2010 Q1: 42 filingsFY2011 Q1: 21 filingsFY2012 Q1: 7 filingsFY2013 Q1: 20 filingsFY2015 Q1: 14 filingsFY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 7 filingsFY2015 Q4: 4 filingsFY2016 Q1: 21 filingsFY2016 Q2: 6 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 3 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filings02142FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT applied to sponsor 170 workers for green cards between 2008 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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