Michaels Stores, Inc

82 Green card sponsorships · 348 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2009–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
715 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
11.5% Green-card sponsorship rate 82 green-card filings / 715 employees · FY2009–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
48.7% Work-visa filing rate 348 work-visa filings / 715 employees · FY2009–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
60.1% Visa filings vs workforce 430 filings / 715 employees · FY2009–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 715 U.S. employees
  • 67% Green-card filings certified 55 of 82 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2009–FY2025
    1 Green-card filings denied of 82 green-card filings · FY2009–FY2025 filings
    3 Green-card filings withdrawn of 82 green-card filings · FY2009–FY2025 filings
    #54 Green-card + work-visa filings 430 filings · last Jun 2026 · #54 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2009–FY2025
    60% Visa filings vs workforce 430 filings / 715 employees · FY2009–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    -97% Trend vs last year FY2025 1 vs FY2023 38
    #54 Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 430 filings · #54 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2009–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 430 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2009–FY2025
    82 Green-card filings FY2009–FY2025
    348 Work-visa filings FY2009–FY2025
    Top 23% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 304 filings / 715 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 23% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2009–FY2025
    Top 18% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 386 filings / 715 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 18% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2009–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.
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 375 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to INDIA | PERM: 25 filings from INDIA

Temporal 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

55

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

23

29.5% rate

Denied

1

1.2% rate

Withdrawn

3

3.7% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Michaels Stores, Inc has filed each quarter, from FY2009 to today.

FY2009 Q1: 1 filingsFY2010 Q1: 2 filingsFY2011 Q1: 2 filingsFY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q4: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filingsFY2022 Q1: 5 filingsFY2022 Q2: 3 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filingsFY2022 Q4: 4 filingsFY2023 Q1: 3 filingsFY2023 Q3: 22 filingsFY2023 Q4: 13 filingsFY2025 Q4: 1 filingsFY2026 Q1: 6 filingsFY2026 Q2: 7 filingsFY2026 Q3: 5 filings01122FY2009FY2011FY2017FY2018FY2022FY2023FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Michaels Stores, Inc applied to sponsor 82 workers for green cards between 2009 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

Michaels Stores, Inc has filed 2 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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