KOHL'S DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.

92 Green card sponsorships · 328 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2009–FY2019
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
126,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2019
0.073% Green-card sponsorship rate 92 green-card filings / 126,000 employees · FY2009–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount
0.26% Work-visa filing rate 328 work-visa filings / 126,000 employees · FY2009–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount
0.33% Visa filings vs workforce 420 filings / 126,000 employees · FY2009–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 126,000 U.S. employees
  • 57% Green-card filings certified 52 of 92 green-card filings · last filed Sep 2018 · FY2009–FY2019
    1 Green-card filings denied of 92 green-card filings · FY2009–FY2019 filings
    2 Green-card filings withdrawn of 92 green-card filings · FY2009–FY2019 filings
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings 420 filings · last Sep 2018 · Top 1% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2009–FY2019
    0.33% Visa filings vs workforce 420 filings / 126,000 employees · FY2009–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 self-reported headcount
    -29% Trend vs last year FY2019 12 vs FY2018 17
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 420 filings · Top 1% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2009–FY2019
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 420 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2009–FY2019
    92 Green-card filings FY2009–FY2019
    328 Work-visa filings FY2009–FY2019
    Top 95% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 96 filings / 126,000 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 95% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2009–FY2019
    Top 98% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 92 filings / 126,000 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 98% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2009–FY2019
  • 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.

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.
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 1,733 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to INDIA | PERM: 26 filings from INDIA

Temporal How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

87% of 30 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 7,556)

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

52

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

37

41.6% rate

Denied

1

1.1% rate

Withdrawn

2

2.2% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications KOHL'S DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2009 to today.

FY2009 Q1: 1 filingsFY2010 Q1: 2 filingsFY2012 Q1: 7 filingsFY2013 Q1: 5 filingsFY2015 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 2 filingsFY2015 Q4: 3 filingsFY2016 Q2: 2 filingsFY2016 Q3: 4 filingsFY2016 Q4: 4 filingsFY2017 Q1: 9 filingsFY2017 Q2: 5 filingsFY2017 Q3: 16 filingsFY2017 Q4: 2 filingsFY2018 Q1: 3 filingsFY2018 Q3: 9 filingsFY2018 Q4: 5 filingsFY2019 Q1: 12 filings0816FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2017FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

KOHL'S DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. applied to sponsor 92 workers for green cards between 2009 and 2019. 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.

Recent layoff notices

KOHL'S DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. has filed 14 WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

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