K&L Gates LLP

15 Green card sponsorships · 109 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2010–FY2025
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
2,268 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
15 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
109 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.
  • Professional Services · est. 2,268 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 15 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    33% Green-card filings certified 5 of 15 green-card filings · last filed May 2026 · FY2010–FY2025
    May 2026 Last filing
    Top 10% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 124 filings · Top 10% of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2010–FY2025
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 124 filings · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2025
    15 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2025
    109 Work-visa filings FY2010–FY2025
    Top 95% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 15 filings / 2,268 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 95% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025
    12% Green-card filings, share of all filings 15 of this employer's 124 · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    Top 6% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #11,092 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #4,821 of 46,514 Green-card filings rank · Professional Services FY2010–FY2025 filings
    0.7% Green-card filings per employee 15 filings / 2,268 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    88% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 109 of this employer's 124 · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    Top 4% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #8,878 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #4,982 of 36,303 Work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2010–FY2025 filings
    4.8% Work-visa filings per employee 109 filings / 2,268 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    124 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #9,357 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #4,488 of 46,637 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2010–FY2025 filings
    5.5% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 124 filings / 2,268 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025 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 →

5 Certified green-card approvals · FY2010–FY2025
10 Expired 66.7% rate · FY2010–FY2025
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2010–FY2025
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2010–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications K&L Gates LLP has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010 Q1: 1 filingsFY2011 Q1: 3 filingsFY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 2 filingsFY2018 Q1: 2 filingsFY2019 Q1: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 1 filings013FY2010FY2011FY2013FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

K&L Gates LLP applied to sponsor 15 workers for green cards between 2010 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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