Merit Builders, Inc.

32 Green card sponsorships · 0 Temporary work filings · Construction · FY2018–FY2020
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
44 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2020
32 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

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Construction · est. 44 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 32 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    47% Green-card filings certified 15 of 32 green-card filings · last filed Feb 2020 · FY2018–FY2020
    Feb 2020 Last filing
    -67% Green-card filings, FY2020 vs FY2019 5 vs 15
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, Construction 32 filings · Top 2% of 12,657 in Construction · FY2018–FY2020
    Top 6% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 32 filings · Top 6% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2020
    32 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2020
    Top 12% Green-card filings per employee, Construction 32 filings / 44 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 12% of 6,701 in Construction with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2020
    Top 15% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Construction 32 filings / 44 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 15% of 6,701 in Construction reporting headcount · FY2018–FY2020
    Top 12% Green-card filings per employee, all US 32 filings / 44 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 12% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2020
    100% Green-card filings, share of all filings 32 of this employer's 32 · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    Top 3% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    #5,720 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2020 filings
    #80 of 12,642 Green-card filings rank · Construction FY2018–FY2020 filings
    72.7% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 32 filings / 44 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    #17,686 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2020 filings
    #195 of 12,657 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Construction FY2018–FY2020 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 →

15 Certified green-card approvals · FY2018–FY2020
15 Expired 50.0% rate · FY2018–FY2020
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2018–FY2020
2 Withdrawn 6.2% rate · FY2018–FY2020

Filings over time

How many green card applications Merit Builders, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2017 Q3: 4 filingsFY2018 Q1: 3 filingsFY2018 Q4: 5 filingsFY2019 Q1: 15 filingsFY2020 Q2: 5 filings0715FY2017FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Merit Builders, Inc. applied to sponsor 32 workers for green cards between 2018 and 2020. 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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