Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership

119 Green card sponsorships · 413 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2025
FEIN 16-1687235 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)
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
4,100 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
2.9% Green-card sponsorship rate 119 green-card filings / 4,100 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
10.1% Work-visa filing rate 413 work-visa filings / 4,100 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
13.0% Visa filings vs workforce 532 filings / 4,100 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 4,100 U.S. employees
  • 39% Green-card filings certified 46 of 119 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    1 Green-card filings denied of 119 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    2 Green-card filings withdrawn of 119 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #56 Green-card + work-visa filings 532 filings · last Jun 2026 · #56 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    13% Visa filings vs workforce 532 filings / 4,100 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    +118% Trend vs last year FY2025 24 vs FY2023 11
    #56 Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 532 filings · #56 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 532 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    119 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    413 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 63% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 257 filings / 4,100 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 63% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 76% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 376 filings / 4,100 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 76% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting 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: 0.4% of certified LCAs resulted in USCIS decisions

Immigration How this is calculated →
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

TAA: DOL certified job shift to INDIA | PERM: 44 filings from INDIA

Temporal How this is calculated →
Workplace safety record with high visa-dependent workforce

78 OSHA ITA Form 300A filings, 207 reportable cases alongside 257 H-1B LCA filings

OSHA 300A — OSHA 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses Employer's annual injury/illness summary submitted to OSHARecordable ≠ fault or violation; reported per ESTABLISHMENT (site), not per company — see §4 join ruleOfficial source ↗ reported safety record
207 total reportable cases
78 ITA Form 300A filings
Visa-dependent workforce
257 H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"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 ↗ filings
72 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 ↗ applications
Safety How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

92% of 48 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 8,420)

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

46

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

70

60.3% rate

Denied

1

0.8% rate

Withdrawn

2

1.7% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2010 Q1: 4 filingsFY2011 Q1: 1 filingsFY2012 Q1: 3 filingsFY2013 Q1: 7 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 9 filingsFY2016 Q3: 6 filingsFY2016 Q4: 9 filingsFY2017 Q2: 2 filingsFY2017 Q3: 3 filingsFY2017 Q4: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 15 filingsFY2019 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q1: 2 filingsFY2020 Q2: 1 filingsFY2021 Q4: 1 filingsFY2022 Q2: 1 filingsFY2023 Q1: 11 filingsFY2025 Q2: 23 filingsFY2025 Q3: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 16 filings01123FY2008FY2011FY2013FY2018FY2020FY2023
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership applied to sponsor 119 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.

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