Kohls, Inc.

36 Green card sponsorships · 22 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2021–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
110,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
0.033% Green-card sponsorship rate 36 green-card filings / 110,000 employees · FY2021–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
0.020% Work-visa filing rate 22 work-visa filings / 110,000 employees · FY2021–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
0.053% Visa filings vs workforce 58 filings / 110,000 employees · FY2021–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 110,000 U.S. employees
  • 17% Green-card filings certified 6 of 36 green-card filings · last filed Sep 2025 · FY2021–FY2025
    2 Green-card filings denied of 36 green-card filings · FY2021–FY2025 filings
    0 Green-card filings withdrawn of 36 green-card filings · FY2021–FY2025 filings
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings 58 filings · last Sep 2025 · Top 2% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2021–FY2025
    0.053% Visa filings vs workforce 58 filings / 110,000 employees · FY2021–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 self-reported headcount
    -83% Trend vs last year FY2024 3 vs FY2023 18
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 58 filings · Top 2% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2021–FY2025
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 58 filings · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2021–FY2025
    36 Green-card filings FY2021–FY2025
    22 Work-visa filings FY2021–FY2025
    Top 98% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 22 filings / 110,000 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 98% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2021–FY2025
    Top 99% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 36 filings / 110,000 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 99% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2021–FY2025
  • 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.
LCA-to-visa realization gap

LCA realization gap: 22.7% of certified LCAs resulted in USCIS decisions

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

94% of 36 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 8,935)

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

6

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

28

82.4% rate

Denied

2

5.6% rate

Withdrawn

0

0.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Kohls, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2021 to today.

FY2021 Q3: 1 filingsFY2021 Q4: 1 filingsFY2022 Q1: 2 filingsFY2022 Q2: 7 filingsFY2022 Q3: 4 filingsFY2023 Q1: 3 filingsFY2023 Q2: 14 filingsFY2023 Q4: 1 filingsFY2024 Q1: 3 filings0714FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Kohls, Inc. applied to sponsor 36 workers for green cards between 2021 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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