NANOMETRICS INC

42 Green card sponsorships · 99 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2020
Filing volume Top 3% 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
432 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2020
9.7% Green-card sponsorship rate 42 green-card filings / 432 employees · FY2008–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 headcount
22.9% Work-visa filing rate 99 work-visa filings / 432 employees · FY2008–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 headcount
32.6% Visa filings vs workforce 141 filings / 432 employees · FY2008–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Manufacturing · est. 432 U.S. employees
  • 12% Green-card filings denied 5 of 42 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    36% Green-card filings certified 15 of 42 green-card filings · last filed May 2020 · FY2008–FY2020
    May 2020 Last filing
    33% Visa filings vs workforce 141 filings / 432 employees · FY2008–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 self-reported headcount
    +20% Green-card filings, FY2020 vs FY2019 6 vs 5
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 141 filings · Top 5% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2020
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 141 filings · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2020
    42 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2020
    99 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2020
    Top 30% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 42 filings / 432 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 30% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2020
    30% Green-card filings, share of all filings 42 of this employer's 141 · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    Top 3% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    #4,443 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2020 filings
    #574 of 22,482 Green-card filings rank · Manufacturing FY2008–FY2020 filings
    9.7% Green-card filings per employee 42 filings / 432 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    70% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 99 of this employer's 141 · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    Top 5% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    #9,583 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2020 filings
    #793 of 13,792 Work-visa filings rank · Manufacturing FY2008–FY2020 filings
    22.9% Work-visa filings per employee 99 filings / 432 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    141 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2020 filings
    #9,896 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2020 filings
    #941 of 22,526 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Manufacturing FY2008–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 · FY2008–FY2020
20 Expired 57.1% rate · FY2008–FY2020
5 Denied 11.9% rate · FY2008–FY2020
2 Withdrawn 4.8% rate · FY2008–FY2020

Filings over time

How many green card applications NANOMETRICS INC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 2 filingsFY2009 Q1: 1 filingsFY2011 Q1: 6 filingsFY2012 Q1: 5 filingsFY2013 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 2 filingsFY2016 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q2: 2 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 3 filingsFY2017 Q3: 2 filingsFY2017 Q4: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 5 filingsFY2020 Q1: 3 filingsFY2020 Q3: 3 filings036FY2008FY2011FY2013FY2016FY2020
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

NANOMETRICS INC applied to sponsor 42 workers for green cards between 2008 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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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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