Kestra Financial, Inc.

9 Green card sponsorships · 64 Temporary work filings · Finance & Insurance · FY2018–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
841 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
1.1% Green-card sponsorship rate 9 green-card filings / 841 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
7.6% Work-visa filing rate 64 work-visa filings / 841 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
8.7% Visa filings vs workforce 73 filings / 841 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Finance & Insurance · est. 841 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 9 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    56% Green-card filings certified 5 of 9 green-card filings · last filed May 2026 · FY2018–FY2025
    May 2026 Last filing
    9% Visa filings vs workforce 73 filings / 841 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    Top 10% Green-card + work-visa filings, Finance & Insurance 73 filings · Top 10% of 8,325 in Finance & Insurance · FY2018–FY2025
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 73 filings · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2025
    9 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2025
    64 Work-visa filings FY2018–FY2025
    Top 80% Green-card filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 9 filings / 841 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 80% of 5,190 in Finance & Insurance with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2025
    12% Green-card filings, share of all filings 9 of this employer's 73 · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    Top 9% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #16,911 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #1,045 of 8,270 Green-card filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2018–FY2025 filings
    1.1% Green-card filings per employee 9 filings / 841 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    88% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 64 of this employer's 73 · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    Top 6% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #13,350 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #773 of 6,269 Work-visa filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2018–FY2025 filings
    7.6% Work-visa filings per employee 64 filings / 841 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    73 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #13,086 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #823 of 8,325 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Finance & Insurance FY2018–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 · FY2018–FY2025
3 Expired 37.5% rate · FY2018–FY2025
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2018–FY2025
1 Withdrawn 11.1% rate · FY2018–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications Kestra Financial, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2017 Q4: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 3 filingsFY2018 Q3: 2 filingsFY2018 Q4: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 1 filingsFY2025 Q4: 1 filings013FY2017FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Kestra Financial, Inc. applied to sponsor 9 workers for green cards between 2018 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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