Does L.J. SMITH AND ASSOCIATES sponsor green cards?

L.J. SMITH AND ASSOCIATES has filed 33 PERM (green card) applications with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does L.J. SMITH AND ASSOCIATES sponsor?

L.J. SMITH AND ASSOCIATES has filed 2 LCA (temporary work visa) applications, the precursor step for H-1B and other non-immigrant visa filings.

How long has L.J. SMITH AND ASSOCIATES been filing visa applications?

Public DOL records for L.J. SMITH AND ASSOCIATES cover fiscal years 2013 through 2020.

L.J. SMITH AND ASSOCIATES

33 Green card sponsorships · 2 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2013–FY2020

Filing volume Top 8% of 330,651 US employers by PERM 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 jobI-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 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 DOLCap 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

145 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2020

33 Green-card filings PERM 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 jobI-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 ↗ filings on record

2 Work-visa filings LCA 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 DOLCap 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 ↗ filings on record

What this means for you

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We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
Professional Services · est. 145 U.S. employees Showing 3 of 5 measurements · Show all →
0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 33 green-card filings · FY2013–FY2020 filings

0 Green-card filings denied FY2013–FY2020 filings

39% Green-card filings certified 13 of 33 green-card filings · last filed May 2020 · FY2013–FY2020

13 Green-card filings certified FY2013–FY2020

May 2020 Last filing

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Every measurement we computed

The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.

Top 24% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 35 filings · Top 24% of 46,583 in Professional Services · FY2013–FY2020

Top 8% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 35 filings · Top 8% of 330,651 US employers · FY2013–FY2020

#10,754 of 46,583 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2013–FY2020 filings

#24,115 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2013–FY2020 filings

35 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2013–FY2020 filings

24.1% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 35 filings / 145 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2013–FY2020 filings

Top 66% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Professional Services 35 filings / 145 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 66% of 28,564 in Professional Services reporting headcount · FY2013–FY2020

Top 59% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2013–FY2020 filings

6% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 2 of this employer's 35 · FY2013–FY2020 filings

#30,128 of 36,303 Work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2013–FY2020 filings

#134,685 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2013–FY2020 filings

2 Work-visa filings FY2013–FY2020

1.4% Work-visa filings per employee 2 filings / 145 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2013–FY2020 filings

-92% Green-card filings, FY2020 vs FY2018 1 vs 12

Top 3% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2013–FY2020 filings

94% Green-card filings, share of all filings 33 of this employer's 35 · FY2013–FY2020 filings

#2,539 of 46,514 Green-card filings rank · Professional Services FY2013–FY2020 filings

#5,570 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2013–FY2020 filings

33 Green-card filings FY2013–FY2020

22.8% Green-card filings per employee 33 filings / 145 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2013–FY2020 filings

Top 38% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 33 filings / 145 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 38% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2013–FY2020

Public record data. PERM 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 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 →

13 Certified green-card approvals · FY2013–FY2020

20 Expired 60.6% rate · FY2013–FY2020

0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2013–FY2020

0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2013–FY2020

Filings over time

How many green card applications L.J. SMITH AND ASSOCIATES has filed each quarter, from FY2013 to today.

What this means

L.J. SMITH AND ASSOCIATES applied to sponsor 33 workers for green cards between 2013 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.

USCIS visa petition outcomes

Source: USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub. Petition decisions by fiscal year.

How many visa applications became actual visas

0.0%

0 decisions / 2 certified LCAs

Total USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ decisions

0 initial approvals, 0 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

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initial approvals per continuing approval, USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ hub, FY2014-FY2014

FY	New visa approvals	New visa rejections	Renewal approvals	Renewal rejections	Total
2014	0	0	1	0	1

1 fiscal year of USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition data. Data from USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub.

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