OFFICE DEPOT

79 Green card sponsorships · 350 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2008–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
38,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2023
0.21% Green-card sponsorship rate 79 green-card filings / 38,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2023 headcount
0.92% Work-visa filing rate 350 work-visa filings / 38,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2023 headcount
1.1% Visa filings vs workforce 429 filings / 38,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2023 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 38,000 U.S. employees
  • 44% Green-card filings certified 35 of 79 green-card filings · last filed May 2025 · FY2008–FY2025
    2 Green-card filings denied of 79 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    1 Green-card filings withdrawn of 79 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #90 Green-card + work-visa filings 429 filings · last May 2025 · #90 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    1% Visa filings vs workforce 429 filings / 38,000 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2023 self-reported headcount
    -17% Trend vs last year FY2023 5 vs FY2022 6
    #90 Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 429 filings · #90 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 429 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    79 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    350 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 90% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 152 filings / 38,000 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 90% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 96% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 231 filings / 38,000 employees (2023, self-reported) · Top 96% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.6%, 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: 827 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to GUATEMALA, INDIA | PERM: 41 filings from INDIA

Temporal How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

85% of 48 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 7,335)

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

35

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

41

53.9% rate

Denied

2

2.5% rate

Withdrawn

1

1.3% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications OFFICE DEPOT has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2009 Q1: 1 filingsFY2010 Q1: 3 filingsFY2011 Q1: 7 filingsFY2012 Q1: 5 filingsFY2013 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 3 filingsFY2016 Q2: 6 filingsFY2016 Q3: 3 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 3 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 5 filingsFY2018 Q4: 6 filingsFY2019 Q1: 5 filingsFY2020 Q3: 5 filingsFY2021 Q1: 3 filingsFY2021 Q2: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 2 filingsFY2021 Q4: 1 filingsFY2022 Q1: 1 filingsFY2022 Q2: 1 filingsFY2022 Q4: 4 filingsFY2023 Q1: 5 filings037FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2016FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2022FY2023
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

OFFICE DEPOT applied to sponsor 79 workers for green cards between 2008 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

OFFICE DEPOT has filed 11 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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