Populus Group LLC

988 Green card sponsorships · 8,947 Temporary work filings · Staffing & Admin · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume #81 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
5,367 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
18.4% Green-card sponsorship rate 988 green-card filings / 5,367 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
166.7% Work-visa filing rate 8,947 work-visa filings / 5,367 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
185.1% Visa filings vs workforce 9,935 filings / 5,367 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Staffing & Admin · est. 5,367 U.S. employees
  • 45% Green-card filings certified 441 of 988 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    16 Green-card filings denied of 988 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    61 Green-card filings withdrawn of 988 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #2 Green-card + work-visa filings 9,935 filings · last Jun 2026 · #2 of 5,842 in Staffing & Admin · #81 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    185% Visa filings vs workforce 9,935 filings / 5,367 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    +14% Trend vs last year FY2025 33 vs FY2024 29
    #2 Green-card + work-visa filings, Staffing & Admin 9,935 filings · #2 of 5,842 in Staffing & Admin · FY2008–FY2025
    #81 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 9,935 filings · #81 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    988 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    8,947 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    #99 Work-visa filings per employee, Staffing & Admin 4,299 filings / 5,367 employees (2025, self-reported) · #99 of 864 of 864 in Staffing & Admin with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 14% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Staffing & Admin 5,287 filings / 5,367 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 14% of 3,481 in Staffing & Admin reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.5%, 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

TAA: DOL certified job shift to MEXICO | PERM: 9 filings from MEXICO

Temporal How this is calculated →
Work location vs filing location wage differential

44% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (285 of 643 filings)

Worksite differs
44% (285)
Same state
56% (358)

Employer primary state: MICHIGAN · Most common remote worksite: IL

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

78% of 607 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 6,157)

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

441

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

470

51.6% rate

Denied

16

1.6% rate

Withdrawn

61

6.2% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Populus Group LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 15 filingsFY2009 Q1: 18 filingsFY2010 Q1: 50 filingsFY2011 Q1: 39 filingsFY2012 Q1: 78 filingsFY2013 Q1: 49 filingsFY2015 Q1: 14 filingsFY2015 Q2: 16 filingsFY2015 Q3: 11 filingsFY2015 Q4: 26 filingsFY2016 Q1: 30 filingsFY2016 Q2: 35 filingsFY2016 Q3: 45 filingsFY2016 Q4: 20 filingsFY2017 Q1: 13 filingsFY2017 Q2: 21 filingsFY2017 Q3: 27 filingsFY2017 Q4: 14 filingsFY2018 Q1: 16 filingsFY2018 Q2: 22 filingsFY2018 Q3: 22 filingsFY2018 Q4: 31 filingsFY2019 Q1: 113 filingsFY2020 Q1: 12 filingsFY2020 Q2: 9 filingsFY2020 Q3: 21 filingsFY2020 Q4: 7 filingsFY2021 Q1: 10 filingsFY2021 Q2: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 5 filingsFY2021 Q4: 18 filingsFY2022 Q1: 21 filingsFY2022 Q2: 15 filingsFY2022 Q3: 11 filingsFY2022 Q4: 6 filingsFY2023 Q1: 14 filingsFY2023 Q2: 9 filingsFY2023 Q3: 7 filingsFY2023 Q4: 12 filingsFY2024 Q1: 6 filingsFY2024 Q2: 11 filingsFY2024 Q3: 8 filingsFY2024 Q4: 4 filingsFY2025 Q1: 6 filingsFY2025 Q2: 7 filingsFY2025 Q3: 6 filingsFY2025 Q4: 14 filingsFY2026 Q1: 3 filingsFY2026 Q2: 4 filingsFY2026 Q3: 16 filings056113FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2022FY2024FY2025FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Populus Group LLC applied to sponsor 988 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.

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