ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD.

44 Green card sponsorships · 206 Temporary work filings · Transportation · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume Top 2% 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
6,200 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
0.71% Green-card sponsorship rate 44 green-card filings / 6,200 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
3.3% Work-visa filing rate 206 work-visa filings / 6,200 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
4.0% Visa filings vs workforce 250 filings / 6,200 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Transportation · est. 6,200 U.S. employees
  • 41% Green-card filings certified 18 of 44 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    2 Green-card filings denied of 44 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    1 Green-card filings withdrawn of 44 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #31 Green-card + work-visa filings 250 filings · last Jun 2026 · #31 of 3,579 in Transportation · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    4% Visa filings vs workforce 250 filings / 6,200 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    #31 Green-card + work-visa filings, Transportation 250 filings · #31 of 3,579 in Transportation · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 250 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    44 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    206 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 72% Work-visa filings per employee, Transportation 117 filings / 6,200 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 72% of 619 in Transportation with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 86% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Transportation 161 filings / 6,200 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 86% of 2,483 in Transportation reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 92% Green-card filings per employee, Transportation 44 filings / 6,200 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 92% of 2,483 in Transportation with green-card filings and a reported 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

WARN: 519 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to MEXICO | PERM: 1 filings from MEXICO

Temporal 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

18

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

23

56.1% rate

Denied

2

4.5% rate

Withdrawn

1

2.3% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 5 filingsFY2009 Q1: 4 filingsFY2010 Q1: 5 filingsFY2011 Q1: 3 filingsFY2012 Q1: 7 filingsFY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 1 filingsFY2020 Q3: 3 filingsFY2021 Q4: 1 filingsFY2022 Q1: 2 filingsFY2022 Q2: 1 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filingsFY2023 Q4: 1 filingsFY2024 Q1: 2 filingsFY2025 Q2: 2 filingsFY2025 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q4: 2 filingsFY2026 Q3: 1 filings037FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2022FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. applied to sponsor 44 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

ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. has filed 2 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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