IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC.

78 Green card sponsorships · 208 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2008–FY2013
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
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?
  • Information Technology
  • 35% Green-card filings certified 27 of 78 green-card filings · last filed May 2017 · FY2008–FY2013
    4 Green-card filings denied of 78 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2013 filings
    2 Green-card filings withdrawn of 78 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2013 filings
    Top 7% Green-card + work-visa filings 286 filings · last May 2017 · Top 7% of 7,239 in Information Technology · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2013
    -83% Trend vs last year FY2017 3 vs FY2016 18
    Top 7% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 286 filings · Top 7% of 7,239 in Information Technology · FY2008–FY2013
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 286 filings · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2013
    78 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2013
    208 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2013
  • 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.

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.
Work location vs filing location wage differential

46% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (24 of 52 filings)

Worksite differs
46% (24)
Same state
54% (28)

Employer primary state: CA · Most common remote worksite: NJ

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

27

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

45

62.5% rate

Denied

4

5.1% rate

Withdrawn

2

2.6% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 17 filingsFY2009 Q1: 3 filingsFY2010 Q1: 14 filingsFY2011 Q1: 10 filingsFY2012 Q1: 6 filingsFY2013 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q2: 3 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 2 filingsFY2016 Q2: 5 filingsFY2016 Q3: 9 filingsFY2016 Q4: 2 filingsFY2017 Q1: 2 filingsFY2017 Q3: 1 filings0817FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2016FY2017
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC. applied to sponsor 78 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2013. 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

IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC. has filed 3 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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