ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

13 Green card sponsorships · 76 Temporary work filings · Transportation · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume Top 4% 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
25,720 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2020
0.051% Green-card sponsorship rate 13 green-card filings / 25,720 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2020 headcount
0.30% Work-visa filing rate 76 work-visa filings / 25,720 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2020 headcount
0.35% Visa filings vs workforce 89 filings / 25,720 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2020 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Transportation · est. 25,720 U.S. employees
  • 8% Green-card filings denied 1 of 13 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    46% Green-card filings certified 6 of 13 green-card filings · last filed Aug 2025 · FY2008–FY2025
    Aug 2025 Last filing
    0.35% Visa filings vs workforce 89 filings / 25,720 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2020 self-reported headcount
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings 89 filings · last Aug 2025 · Top 3% of 3,579 in Transportation · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 89 filings · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    13 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    76 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 95% Work-visa filings per employee, Transportation 43 filings / 25,720 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 95% of 619 in Transportation with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 98% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Transportation 56 filings / 25,720 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 98% of 2,483 in Transportation reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 99% Green-card filings per employee, Transportation 13 filings / 25,720 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 99% of 2,483 in Transportation with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
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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 →

6 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025
6 Expired 50.0% rate · FY2008–FY2025
1 Denied 7.7% rate · FY2008–FY2025
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2010 Q1: 4 filingsFY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filingsFY2020 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filings024FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2013FY2015FY2020
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY applied to sponsor 13 workers for green cards between 2008 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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