KOCH FOODS OF ALABAMA LLC

545 Green card sponsorships · 1 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2012–FY2013
Filing volume Top 1% 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?
  • Manufacturing
  • 50% Green-card filings certified 274 of 545 green-card filings · last filed Jul 2018 · FY2012–FY2013
    63 Applications denied of 545 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2013 filings
    20 Applications withdrawn of 545 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2013 filings
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings 546 filings · last Jul 2018 · Top 1% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2013
    -95% Trend vs last year FY2018 1 vs FY2017 20
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 546 filings · Top 1% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2012–FY2013
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 546 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2013
    545 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2013
    1 Work-visa filings FY2012–FY2013
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.4%, 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.
Elevated denial rate

15.2% PERM denial rate vs 1.9% industry median (19 denied of 125 decided)

This employer
15.2%
Industry median
1.9%
Industry p90
11.4%
Immigration How this is calculated →
Wage level concentration

100% of PERM filings at Level I (entry) prevailing wage vs 12% industry median

Level I
100% (134)
Level II
0% (0)
Level III
0% (0)
Level IV
0% (0)

Industry median Level I share: 11.6% · 90th percentile: 100.0%

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

66% of 134 PERM filings list SOUTH KOREA as country of citizenship (HHI 5,392)

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

274

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

188

40.7% rate

Denied

63

11.6% rate

Withdrawn

20

3.7% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications KOCH FOODS OF ALABAMA LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2012 Q1: 38 filingsFY2013 Q1: 91 filingsFY2015 Q1: 41 filingsFY2015 Q2: 40 filingsFY2015 Q3: 98 filingsFY2015 Q4: 112 filingsFY2016 Q1: 21 filingsFY2016 Q2: 22 filingsFY2016 Q3: 40 filingsFY2016 Q4: 21 filingsFY2017 Q1: 12 filingsFY2017 Q2: 5 filingsFY2017 Q4: 3 filingsFY2018 Q4: 1 filings056112FY2012FY2013FY2015FY2016FY2017
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

KOCH FOODS OF ALABAMA LLC applied to sponsor 545 workers for green cards between 2012 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.

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