LINEDATA SERVICES (BFT), INC.

20 Green card sponsorships · 44 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2018–FY2019
Filing volume Top 8% 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
100 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2019
20 Green-card filings 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 ↗ filings on record
44 Work-visa filings 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 ↗ filings on record

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Information Technology · est. 100 U.S. employees
  • 5% Green-card filings denied 1 of 20 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2019 filings
    10% Green-card filings certified 2 of 20 green-card filings · last filed Apr 2018 · FY2018–FY2019
    Apr 2018 Last filing
    -86% Green-card filings, FY2019 vs FY2018 1 vs 7
    Top 18% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 64 filings · Top 18% of 7,239 in Information Technology · FY2018–FY2019
    Top 8% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 64 filings · Top 8% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2019
    20 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2019
    44 Work-visa filings FY2018–FY2019
    Top 22% Green-card filings per employee, Information Technology 20 filings / 100 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 22% of 4,593 in Information Technology with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2019
    31% Green-card filings, share of all filings 20 of this employer's 64 · FY2018–FY2019 filings
    Top 5% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2018–FY2019 filings
    #8,765 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2019 filings
    #454 of 7,230 Green-card filings rank · Information Technology FY2018–FY2019 filings
    20.0% Green-card filings per employee 20 filings / 100 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2019 filings
    69% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 44 of this employer's 64 · FY2018–FY2019 filings
    Top 8% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2018–FY2019 filings
    #17,711 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2019 filings
    #897 of 5,644 Work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2018–FY2019 filings
    44.0% Work-visa filings per employee 44 filings / 100 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2019 filings
    64 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2018–FY2019 filings
    #24,828 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2019 filings
    #1,262 of 7,239 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2018–FY2019 filings
    64.0% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 64 filings / 100 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2019 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 →

2 Certified green-card approvals · FY2018–FY2019
13 Expired 86.7% rate · FY2018–FY2019
1 Denied 5.0% rate · FY2018–FY2019
4 Withdrawn 20.0% rate · FY2018–FY2019

Filings over time

How many green card applications LINEDATA SERVICES (BFT), INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2016 Q1: 5 filingsFY2016 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q4: 5 filingsFY2018 Q2: 6 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 1 filings036FY2016FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

LINEDATA SERVICES (BFT), INC. applied to sponsor 20 workers for green cards between 2018 and 2019. 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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