L.L.Bean, Inc.

21 Green card sponsorships · 62 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2011–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
5,485 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
0.38% Green-card sponsorship rate 21 green-card filings / 5,485 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
1.1% Work-visa filing rate 62 work-visa filings / 5,485 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
1.5% Visa filings vs workforce 83 filings / 5,485 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Retail Trade · est. 5,485 U.S. employees
  • 5% Green-card filings denied 1 of 21 green-card filings · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    71% Green-card filings certified 15 of 21 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2011–FY2025
    Jun 2026 Last filing
    2% Visa filings vs workforce 83 filings / 5,485 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 83 filings · Top 2% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2011–FY2025
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 83 filings · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2011–FY2025
    21 Green-card filings FY2011–FY2025
    62 Work-visa filings FY2011–FY2025
    Top 95% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 21 filings / 5,485 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 95% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2011–FY2025
    25% Green-card filings, share of all filings 21 of this employer's 83 · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    Top 4% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    #8,375 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2011–FY2025 filings
    #230 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2011–FY2025 filings
    0.4% Green-card filings per employee 21 filings / 5,485 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    75% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 62 of this employer's 83 · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    Top 6% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    #13,654 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2011–FY2025 filings
    #246 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2011–FY2025 filings
    1.1% Work-visa filings per employee 62 filings / 5,485 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    83 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2011–FY2025 filings
    #11,829 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2011–FY2025 filings
    #227 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2011–FY2025 filings
  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.6% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. 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 →

15 Certified green-card approvals · FY2011–FY2025
5 Expired 25.0% rate · FY2011–FY2025
1 Denied 4.8% rate · FY2011–FY2025
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2011–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications L.L.Bean, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2011 to today.

FY2011 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q3: 3 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 2 filingsFY2022 Q3: 2 filingsFY2022 Q4: 1 filingsFY2023 Q1: 1 filingsFY2023 Q2: 1 filingsFY2023 Q4: 2 filingsFY2024 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 1 filingsFY2025 Q4: 2 filingsFY2026 Q3: 2 filings013FY2011FY2018FY2023
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

L.L.Bean, Inc. applied to sponsor 21 workers for green cards between 2011 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.

Recent layoff notices

L.L.Bean, Inc. has filed 1 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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Filing data sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification public disclosure files. Past filings do not predict future hiring behavior. Employers may petition for review at /dispute.

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