McDonald's Corporation

22 Green card sponsorships · 377 Temporary work filings · Hospitality · 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
2,005 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
1.1% Green-card sponsorship rate 22 green-card filings / 2,005 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
18.8% Work-visa filing rate 377 work-visa filings / 2,005 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
19.9% Visa filings vs workforce 399 filings / 2,005 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Hospitality · est. 2,005 U.S. employees
  • 50% Green-card filings certified 11 of 22 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    0 Green-card filings denied of 22 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    2 Green-card filings withdrawn of 22 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #11 Green-card + work-visa filings 399 filings · last Jun 2026 · #11 of 17,812 in Hospitality · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    20% Visa filings vs workforce 399 filings / 2,005 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    #11 Green-card + work-visa filings, Hospitality 399 filings · #11 of 17,812 in Hospitality · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 399 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    22 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    377 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 34% Work-visa filings per employee, Hospitality 292 filings / 2,005 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 34% of 589 in Hospitality with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 46% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Hospitality 314 filings / 2,005 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 46% of 9,441 in Hospitality reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 96% Green-card filings per employee, Hospitality 22 filings / 2,005 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 96% of 9,441 in Hospitality with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.5%, below the 60% we require before pairing layoffs with visa filings for a named employer. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Filing pattern observations

Filing patterns are statistical observations derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. They do not constitute accusations of wrongdoing. Wage levels are determined by the DOL's rigid 5-step NPWC evaluation process based on O*NET Job Zone requirements. Use this information to inform your own due diligence.
LCA-to-visa realization gap

LCA realization gap: 5.3% of certified LCAs resulted in USCIS decisions

Immigration How this is calculated →
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 336 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to INDIA | PERM: 1 filings from INDIA

Temporal How this is calculated →
Temporary labor concentration

292 temporary H-1B applications vs 12 permanent sponsorships (ratio 24:1)

Temporary ( 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 ↗ )
292
Permanent ( 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 ↗ )
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Immigration How this is calculated →

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 →

Certified

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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 ↗ approvals

Expired

9

45.0% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

2

9.1% rate

Seasonal worker visas

2

filings linked

Filings over time

How many green card applications McDonald's Corporation has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 2 filingsFY2025 Q1: 2 filingsFY2025 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q4: 1 filingsFY2026 Q1: 4 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 6 filings036FY2008FY2012FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2025FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

McDonald's Corporation applied to sponsor 22 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

McDonald's Corporation has filed 4 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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