Koch Foods of Gainesville, LLC

176 Green card sponsorships · 0 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2018–FY2020
Filing volume Top 2% 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
420 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2020
41.9% Green-card sponsorship rate 176 green-card filings / 420 employees · FY2018–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 headcount
0.0% Work-visa filing rate 0 work-visa filings / 420 employees · FY2018–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 headcount
41.9% Visa filings vs workforce 176 filings / 420 employees · FY2018–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Manufacturing · est. 420 U.S. employees
  • 24% Green-card filings certified 42 of 176 green-card filings · last filed May 2020 · FY2018–FY2020
    9 Green-card filings denied of 176 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    27 Green-card filings withdrawn of 176 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings 176 filings · last May 2020 · Top 2% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2020
    42% Visa filings vs workforce 176 filings / 420 employees · FY2018–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 self-reported headcount
    -67% Trend vs last year FY2020 2 vs FY2019 6
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 176 filings · Top 2% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2018–FY2020
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 176 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2020
    176 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2020
    Top 8% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 176 filings / 420 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 8% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2020
    Top 15% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 176 filings / 420 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 15% of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2018–FY2020
    Top 20% Green-card filings per employee, all US 176 filings / 420 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 20% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2020
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.5%, below the 60% we require before pairing layoffs with visa filings for a named employer. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

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

42

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

98

70.0% rate

Denied

9

5.1% rate

Withdrawn

27

15.3% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Koch Foods of Gainesville, LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2016 Q1: 21 filingsFY2016 Q2: 46 filingsFY2016 Q3: 31 filingsFY2016 Q4: 13 filingsFY2017 Q1: 20 filingsFY2017 Q2: 9 filingsFY2017 Q3: 3 filingsFY2017 Q4: 5 filingsFY2018 Q1: 12 filingsFY2018 Q4: 8 filingsFY2019 Q1: 6 filingsFY2020 Q3: 2 filings02346FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Koch Foods of Gainesville, LLC applied to sponsor 176 workers for green cards between 2018 and 2020. 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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