GENERAL PHOTONICS CORP.

13 Green card sponsorships · 47 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2010–FY2020
Filing volume Top 7% 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
52 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2019
13 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
47 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

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Manufacturing · est. 52 U.S. employees
  • 8% Green-card filings denied 1 of 13 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2020 filings
    31% Green-card filings certified 4 of 13 green-card filings · last filed May 2020 · FY2010–FY2020
    May 2020 Last filing
    Top 10% Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 60 filings · Top 10% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2010–FY2020
    Top 7% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 60 filings · Top 7% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2020
    13 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2020
    47 Work-visa filings FY2010–FY2020
    Top 13% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 13 filings / 52 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 13% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2020
    22% Green-card filings, share of all filings 13 of this employer's 60 · FY2010–FY2020 filings
    Top 6% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2010–FY2020 filings
    #12,393 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2020 filings
    #1,561 of 22,482 Green-card filings rank · Manufacturing FY2010–FY2020 filings
    25.0% Green-card filings per employee 13 filings / 52 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2020 filings
    78% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 47 of this employer's 60 · FY2010–FY2020 filings
    Top 8% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2010–FY2020 filings
    #16,847 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2020 filings
    #1,549 of 13,792 Work-visa filings rank · Manufacturing FY2010–FY2020 filings
    90.4% Work-visa filings per employee 47 filings / 52 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2020 filings
    60 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2010–FY2020 filings
    #20,551 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2020 filings
    #2,092 of 22,526 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Manufacturing FY2010–FY2020 filings
    115.4% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 60 filings / 52 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2020 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 →

4 Certified green-card approvals · FY2010–FY2020
7 Expired 63.6% rate · FY2010–FY2020
1 Denied 7.7% rate · FY2010–FY2020
1 Withdrawn 7.7% rate · FY2010–FY2020

Filings over time

How many green card applications GENERAL PHOTONICS CORP. has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010 Q1: 2 filingsFY2011 Q1: 2 filingsFY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q4: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 3 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 1 filings013FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

GENERAL PHOTONICS CORP. applied to sponsor 13 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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