SAM MOON TRADING ENTERPRISES, LTD.

11 Green card sponsorships · 10 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2013
Filing volume Top 12% 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
11 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
10 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
Employee count unavailable - public companies (SEC) and 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 ↗ -self-reporting employers only

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Retail Trade
  • 27% Green-card filings denied 3 of 11 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2013 filings
    36% Green-card filings certified 4 of 11 green-card filings · last filed May 2015 · FY2008–FY2013
    May 2015 Last filing
    Top 6% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 21 filings · Top 6% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2013
    Top 12% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 21 filings · Top 12% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2013
    11 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2013
    52% Green-card filings, share of all filings 11 of this employer's 21 · FY2008–FY2013 filings
    Top 7% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2013 filings
    #14,284 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2013 filings
    #364 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2008–FY2013 filings
    10 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2013 filings
    48% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 10 of this employer's 21 · FY2008–FY2013 filings
    Top 23% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2013 filings
    #51,327 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2013 filings
    #878 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2008–FY2013 filings
    21 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2013 filings
    #37,964 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2013 filings
    #702 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2008–FY2013 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 →

4 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2013
4 Expired 50.0% rate · FY2008–FY2013
3 Denied 27.3% rate · FY2008–FY2013
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2008–FY2013

Filings over time

How many green card applications SAM MOON TRADING ENTERPRISES, LTD. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 2 filingsFY2010 Q1: 3 filingsFY2011 Q1: 1 filingsFY2012 Q1: 3 filingsFY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filings013FY2008FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

SAM MOON TRADING ENTERPRISES, LTD. applied to sponsor 11 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2013. 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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