LUMINA GEOPHYSICAL

11 Green card sponsorships · 56 Temporary work filings · Mining & Oil · FY2018–FY2023
Filing volume Top 10% 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
24 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2020
45.8% Green-card sponsorship rate 11 green-card filings / 24 employees · FY2018–FY2023 filings vs FY2020 headcount
233.3% Work-visa filing rate 56 work-visa filings / 24 employees · FY2018–FY2023 filings vs FY2020 headcount
279.2% Visa filings vs workforce 67 filings / 24 employees · FY2018–FY2023 filings vs FY2020 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Mining & Oil · est. 24 U.S. employees
  • 9% Green-card filings denied 1 of 11 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2023 filings
    55% Green-card filings certified 6 of 11 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2018–FY2023
    Jun 2026 Last filing
    279% Visa filings vs workforce 67 filings / 24 employees · FY2018–FY2023 filings vs FY2020 self-reported headcount
    Top 14% Green-card + work-visa filings, Mining & Oil 67 filings · Top 14% of 786 in Mining & Oil · FY2018–FY2023
    Top 10% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 67 filings · Top 10% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2023
    11 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2023
    56 Work-visa filings FY2018–FY2023
    #25 Green-card filings per employee, Mining & Oil 11 filings / 24 employees (2020, self-reported) · #25 of 458 of 458 in Mining & Oil with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2023
    16% Green-card filings, share of all filings 11 of this employer's 67 · FY2018–FY2023 filings
    Top 7% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2018–FY2023 filings
    #14,284 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2023 filings
    #59 of 786 Green-card filings rank · Mining & Oil FY2018–FY2023 filings
    45.8% Green-card filings per employee 11 filings / 24 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2023 filings
    84% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 56 of this employer's 67 · FY2018–FY2023 filings
    Top 7% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2018–FY2023 filings
    #14,745 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2023 filings
    #54 of 551 Work-visa filings rank · Mining & Oil FY2018–FY2023 filings
    233.3% Work-visa filings per employee 56 filings / 24 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2023 filings
    67 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2018–FY2023 filings
    #30,409 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2023 filings
    #109 of 786 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Mining & Oil FY2018–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 →

6 Certified green-card approvals · FY2018–FY2023
4 Expired 40.0% rate · FY2018–FY2023
1 Denied 9.1% rate · FY2018–FY2023
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2018–FY2023

Filings over time

How many green card applications LUMINA GEOPHYSICAL has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2015 Q2: 2 filingsFY2015 Q4: 2 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 2 filingsFY2018 Q1: 2 filingsFY2020 Q3: 1 filings012FY2015FY2018
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

LUMINA GEOPHYSICAL applied to sponsor 11 workers for green cards between 2018 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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