LEVI STRAUSS CO.

166 Green card sponsorships · 520 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume Top 1% 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
975 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
17.0% Green-card sponsorship rate 166 green-card filings / 975 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
53.3% Work-visa filing rate 520 work-visa filings / 975 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
70.4% Visa filings vs workforce 686 filings / 975 employees · FY2008–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. 975 U.S. employees
  • 2% Green-card filings denied 4 of 166 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    51% Green-card filings certified 84 of 166 green-card filings · last filed May 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    May 2026 Last filing
    70% Visa filings vs workforce 686 filings / 975 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    +70% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 17 vs 10
    #39 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings 686 filings · last May 2026 · #39 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 686 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    166 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    520 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 26% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 363 filings / 975 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 26% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 18% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 529 filings / 975 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 18% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • 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 →

84 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025
72 Expired 46.2% rate · FY2008–FY2025
4 Denied 2.4% rate · FY2008–FY2025
6 Withdrawn 3.6% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications LEVI STRAUSS CO. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 3 filingsFY2009 Q1: 4 filingsFY2010 Q1: 3 filingsFY2011 Q1: 8 filingsFY2012 Q1: 8 filingsFY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q2: 3 filingsFY2016 Q3: 7 filingsFY2016 Q4: 7 filingsFY2017 Q1: 3 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 4 filingsFY2017 Q4: 2 filingsFY2018 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q2: 3 filingsFY2018 Q3: 7 filingsFY2018 Q4: 4 filingsFY2019 Q1: 7 filingsFY2020 Q1: 4 filingsFY2020 Q2: 1 filingsFY2020 Q3: 8 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2021 Q1: 2 filingsFY2021 Q2: 1 filingsFY2022 Q1: 9 filingsFY2022 Q2: 5 filingsFY2022 Q3: 4 filingsFY2022 Q4: 3 filingsFY2023 Q1: 1 filingsFY2023 Q2: 4 filingsFY2023 Q3: 2 filingsFY2023 Q4: 6 filingsFY2024 Q2: 9 filingsFY2024 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 8 filingsFY2025 Q3: 9 filingsFY2026 Q3: 9 filings049FY2008FY2011FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2023
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

LEVI STRAUSS CO. applied to sponsor 166 workers for green cards between 2008 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

LEVI STRAUSS CO. has filed 3 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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