OTC Direct, Inc.

4 Green card sponsorships · 14 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2019–FY2025
Filing volume Top 9% 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
1,400 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
4 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
14 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

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Retail Trade · est. 1,400 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 4 green-card filings · FY2019–FY2025 filings
    50% Green-card filings certified 2 of 4 green-card filings · last filed Jan 2025 · FY2019–FY2025
    Jan 2025 Last filing
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 18 filings · Top 5% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2019–FY2025
    Top 9% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 18 filings · Top 9% of 332,896 US employers · FY2019–FY2025
    4 Green-card filings FY2019–FY2025
    14 Work-visa filings FY2019–FY2025
    Top 85% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 14 filings / 1,400 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 85% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2019–FY2025
    Top 94% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 18 filings / 1,400 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 94% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2019–FY2025
    Top 96% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 4 filings / 1,400 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 96% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2019–FY2025
    22% Green-card filings, share of all filings 4 of this employer's 18 · FY2019–FY2025 filings
    Top 16% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2019–FY2025 filings
    #32,053 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2019–FY2025 filings
    #906 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2019–FY2025 filings
    0.3% Green-card filings per employee 4 filings / 1,400 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2019–FY2025 filings
    78% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 14 of this employer's 18 · FY2019–FY2025 filings
    Top 18% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2019–FY2025 filings
    #40,552 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2019–FY2025 filings
    #695 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2019–FY2025 filings
    1.0% Work-visa filings per employee 14 filings / 1,400 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2019–FY2025 filings
    18 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2019–FY2025 filings
    #26,693 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2019–FY2025 filings
    #488 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2019–FY2025 filings
    1.3% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 18 filings / 1,400 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2019–FY2025 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 →

2 Certified green-card approvals · FY2019–FY2025
2 Expired 50.0% rate · FY2019–FY2025
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2019–FY2025
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2019–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications OTC Direct, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2019 to today.

FY2019 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 2 filings012FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

OTC Direct, Inc. applied to sponsor 4 workers for green cards between 2019 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.

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