NORMAN W. FRIES, INC. D/B/A CLAXTON POULTRY FARMS

759 Green card sponsorships · 0 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2010–FY2018
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
1,750 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2018
43.4% Green-card sponsorship rate 759 green-card filings / 1,750 employees · FY2010–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount
0.0% Work-visa application rate 0 work-visa filings / 1,750 employees · FY2010–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount
43.4% Visa applications vs workforce Combined visa applications vs total workforce · FY2010–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Manufacturing · est. 1,750 U.S. employees
  • 25% Green-card filings certified 192 of 759 green-card filings · last filed Aug 2018 · FY2010–FY2018
    145 Applications denied of 759 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 self-reported headcount
    49 Applications withdrawn of 759 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 self-reported headcount
    #100 Green-card + work-visa filings 759 filings · last Aug 2018 · #100 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2018
    43% Visa filings vs workforce 759 filings / 1,750 employees · FY2010–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 self-reported headcount
    -80% Trend vs last year FY2018 15 vs FY2017 77
    #100 Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 759 filings · #100 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2010–FY2018
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 759 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2018
    759 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2018
    Top 8% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 759 filings / 1,750 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 8% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2018
    Top 14% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 759 filings / 1,750 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 14% of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2010–FY2018
    Top 20% Green-card filings per employee, all US 759 filings / 1,750 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 20% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2018
  • 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.
Wage level concentration

100% of PERM filings at Level I (entry) prevailing wage vs 12% industry median

Level I
100% (163)
Level II
0% (0)
Level III
0% (0)
Level IV
0% (0)

Industry median Level I share: 11.6% · 90th percentile: 100.0%

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

77% of 165 PERM filings list SOUTH KOREA as country of citizenship (HHI 6,355)

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

192

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

373

66.0% rate

Denied

145

19.1% rate

Withdrawn

49

6.5% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications NORMAN W. FRIES, INC. D/B/A CLAXTON POULTRY FARMS has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010 Q1: 34 filingsFY2011 Q1: 73 filingsFY2012 Q1: 33 filingsFY2013 Q1: 15 filingsFY2015 Q1: 26 filingsFY2015 Q2: 15 filingsFY2015 Q3: 31 filingsFY2015 Q4: 65 filingsFY2016 Q1: 205 filingsFY2016 Q2: 119 filingsFY2016 Q3: 25 filingsFY2016 Q4: 26 filingsFY2017 Q1: 30 filingsFY2017 Q2: 19 filingsFY2017 Q3: 25 filingsFY2017 Q4: 3 filingsFY2018 Q1: 10 filingsFY2018 Q3: 2 filingsFY2018 Q4: 3 filings0102205FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

NORMAN W. FRIES, INC. D/B/A CLAXTON POULTRY FARMS applied to sponsor 759 workers for green cards between 2010 and 2018. 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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