Michaels Stores, Inc

82 Green card sponsorships · 348 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2026
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
82 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
348 Work-visa filings 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 on record

What this means for you

One record, five questions. Ask as many as you like.

  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Retail Trade · est. 715 U.S. employees
  • 1% Green-card filings denied 1 of 82 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings
    1 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2026 filings
    67% Green-card filings certified 55 of 82 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2026
    55 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2026
    Jun 2026 Last filing

    2 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.

  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.8% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Every measurement we computed

The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.

Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 430 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2026
#54 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 430 filings · #54 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2026
#1,891 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
430 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings
60.1% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 430 filings / 715 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
Top 2% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings
81% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 348 of this employer's 430 · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#69 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2008–FY2026 filings
#3,231 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
348 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026
48.7% Work-visa filings per employee 348 filings / 715 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
-97% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2023 1 vs 38
Top 2% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings
19% Green-card filings, share of all filings 82 of this employer's 430 · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#68 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2008–FY2026 filings
#2,280 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
82 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2026
11.5% Green-card filings per employee 82 filings / 715 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
Top 65% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 82 filings / 715 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 65% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026

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 →

55 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2026
23 Expired 29.5% rate · FY2008–FY2026
1 Denied 1.2% rate · FY2008–FY2026
3 Withdrawn 3.7% rate · FY2008–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications Michaels Stores, Inc has filed each quarter, from FY2008 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 2008 and 2026. 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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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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