Lightning Minds Inc

28 Green card sponsorships · 3 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2019–FY2023
Filing volume Top 6% 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
33 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2023
84.8% Green-card sponsorship rate 28 green-card filings / 33 employees · FY2019–FY2023 filings vs FY2023 headcount
9.1% Work-visa filing rate 3 work-visa filings / 33 employees · FY2019–FY2023 filings vs FY2023 headcount
93.9% Visa filings vs workforce 31 filings / 33 employees · FY2019–FY2023 filings vs FY2023 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Professional Services · est. 33 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 28 green-card filings · FY2019–FY2023 filings
    68% Green-card filings certified 19 of 28 green-card filings · last filed Aug 2023 · FY2019–FY2023
    Aug 2023 Last filing
    94% Visa filings vs workforce 31 filings / 33 employees · FY2019–FY2023 filings vs FY2023 self-reported headcount
    -14% Green-card filings, FY2023 vs FY2021 6 vs 7
    Top 17% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 31 filings · Top 17% of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2019–FY2023
    Top 6% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 31 filings · Top 6% of 332,896 US employers · FY2019–FY2023
    28 Green-card filings FY2019–FY2023
    3 Work-visa filings FY2019–FY2023
    Top 13% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 28 filings / 33 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 13% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2019–FY2023
    90% Green-card filings, share of all filings 28 of this employer's 31 · FY2019–FY2023 filings
    Top 4% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2019–FY2023 filings
    #6,473 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2019–FY2023 filings
    #2,941 of 46,514 Green-card filings rank · Professional Services FY2019–FY2023 filings
    84.8% Green-card filings per employee 28 filings / 33 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2019–FY2023 filings
    10% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 3 of this employer's 31 · FY2019–FY2023 filings
    Top 48% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2019–FY2023 filings
    #110,647 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2019–FY2023 filings
    #27,596 of 36,303 Work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2019–FY2023 filings
    9.1% Work-visa filings per employee 3 filings / 33 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2019–FY2023 filings
    31 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2019–FY2023 filings
    #18,102 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2019–FY2023 filings
    #7,750 of 46,637 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2019–FY2023 filings
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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 →

19 Certified green-card approvals · FY2019–FY2023
9 Expired 32.1% rate · FY2019–FY2023
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2019–FY2023
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2019–FY2023

Filings over time

How many green card applications Lightning Minds Inc has filed each quarter, from FY2019 to today.

FY2017 Q1: 4 filingsFY2017 Q3: 4 filingsFY2018 Q4: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q3: 5 filingsFY2021 Q2: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 4 filingsFY2021 Q4: 2 filingsFY2023 Q2: 3 filingsFY2023 Q4: 3 filings025FY2017FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Lightning Minds Inc applied to sponsor 28 workers for green cards between 2019 and 2023. 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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