NATURES WAY FARMS, LLC.

253 Green card sponsorships · 0 Temporary work filings · Agriculture · FY2020–FY2024
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
609 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
41.5% Green-card sponsorship rate 253 green-card filings / 609 employees · FY2020–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 headcount
0.0% Work-visa filing rate 0 work-visa filings / 609 employees · FY2020–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 headcount
41.5% Visa filings vs workforce 253 filings / 609 employees · FY2020–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Agriculture · est. 609 U.S. employees
  • 43% Green-card filings certified 110 of 253 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2024 · FY2020–FY2024
    30 Green-card filings denied of 253 green-card filings · FY2020–FY2024 filings
    47 Green-card filings withdrawn of 253 green-card filings · FY2020–FY2024 filings
    #8 Green-card + work-visa filings 253 filings · last Jun 2024 · #8 of 3,070 in Agriculture · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2020–FY2024
    42% Visa filings vs workforce 253 filings / 609 employees · FY2020–FY2024 filings vs FY2024 self-reported headcount
    -38% Trend vs last year FY2024 79 vs FY2023 127
    #8 Green-card + work-visa filings, Agriculture 253 filings · #8 of 3,070 in Agriculture · FY2020–FY2024
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 253 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2020–FY2024
    253 Green-card filings FY2020–FY2024
    Top 32% Green-card filings per employee, Agriculture 253 filings / 609 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 32% of 1,926 in Agriculture with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2020–FY2024
    Top 33% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Agriculture 253 filings / 609 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 33% of 1,926 in Agriculture reporting headcount · FY2020–FY2024
    Top 20% Green-card filings per employee, all US 253 filings / 609 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 20% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2020–FY2024
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.4%, 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.
Recruitment geography concentration

76% of 253 PERM filings list COLOMBIA as country of citizenship (HHI 5,811)

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

110

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

66

37.5% rate

Denied

30

11.9% rate

Withdrawn

47

18.6% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications NATURES WAY FARMS, LLC. has filed each quarter, from FY2020 to today.

FY2020 Q3: 3 filingsFY2020 Q4: 2 filingsFY2021 Q3: 2 filingsFY2022 Q1: 14 filingsFY2022 Q3: 26 filingsFY2023 Q1: 48 filingsFY2023 Q2: 34 filingsFY2023 Q3: 45 filingsFY2024 Q1: 1 filingsFY2024 Q3: 78 filings03978FY2020FY2022FY2023FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

NATURES WAY FARMS, LLC. applied to sponsor 253 workers for green cards between 2020 and 2024. 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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