Hecla Limited

4 Green card sponsorships · 17 Temporary work filings · Mining & Oil · FY2009–FY2025
Filing volume Top 13% 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
462 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
0.87% Green-card sponsorship rate 4 green-card filings / 462 employees · FY2009–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
3.7% Work-visa filing rate 17 work-visa filings / 462 employees · FY2009–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
4.5% Visa filings vs workforce 21 filings / 462 employees · FY2009–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Mining & Oil · est. 462 U.S. employees
  • 25% Green-card filings certified 1 of 4 green-card filings · last filed Feb 2026 · FY2009–FY2025
    1 Green-card filings denied of 4 green-card filings · FY2009–FY2025 filings
    0 Green-card filings withdrawn of 4 green-card filings · FY2009–FY2025 filings
    Top 18% Green-card + work-visa filings 21 filings · last Feb 2026 · Top 18% of 786 in Mining & Oil · Top 13% of 332,896 US employers · FY2009–FY2025
    5% Visa filings vs workforce 21 filings / 462 employees · FY2009–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    Top 18% Green-card + work-visa filings, Mining & Oil 21 filings · Top 18% of 786 in Mining & Oil · FY2009–FY2025
    Top 13% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 21 filings · Top 13% of 332,896 US employers · FY2009–FY2025
    4 Green-card filings FY2009–FY2025
    17 Work-visa filings FY2009–FY2025
    Top 67% Work-visa filings per employee, Mining & Oil 6 filings / 462 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 67% of 281 in Mining & Oil with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2009–FY2025
    Top 66% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Mining & Oil 10 filings / 462 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 66% of 458 in Mining & Oil reporting headcount · FY2009–FY2025
    Top 66% Green-card filings per employee, Mining & Oil 4 filings / 462 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 66% of 458 in Mining & Oil with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2009–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.6%, 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

1

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

2

66.7% rate

Denied

1

25.0% rate

Withdrawn

0

0.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Hecla Limited has filed each quarter, from FY2009 to today.

FY2009 Q1: 1 filingsFY2022 Q2: 1 filingsFY2025 Q4: 1 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filings001FY2009
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Hecla Limited applied to sponsor 4 workers for green cards between 2009 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.

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Filing data sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification public disclosure files. Past filings do not predict future hiring behavior. Employers may petition for review at /dispute.

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