Sanford

27 Green card sponsorships · 145 Temporary work filings · Healthcare · FY2023–FY2025
FEIN 27-1218956 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)
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
3,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
0.90% Green-card sponsorship rate 27 green-card filings / 3,000 employees · FY2023–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
4.8% Work-visa filing rate 145 work-visa filings / 3,000 employees · FY2023–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
5.7% Visa filings vs workforce 172 filings / 3,000 employees · FY2023–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Healthcare · est. 3,000 U.S. employees
  • 33% Green-card filings certified 9 of 27 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2023–FY2025
    0 Green-card filings denied of 27 green-card filings · FY2023–FY2025 filings
    5 Green-card filings withdrawn of 27 green-card filings · FY2023–FY2025 filings
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings 172 filings · last Jun 2026 · Top 2% of 17,793 in Healthcare · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2023–FY2025
    6% Visa filings vs workforce 172 filings / 3,000 employees · FY2023–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, Healthcare 172 filings · Top 2% of 17,793 in Healthcare · FY2023–FY2025
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 172 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2023–FY2025
    27 Green-card filings FY2023–FY2025
    145 Work-visa filings FY2023–FY2025
    Top 54% Work-visa filings per employee, Healthcare 131 filings / 3,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 54% of 4,055 in Healthcare with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2023–FY2025
    Top 64% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Healthcare 158 filings / 3,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 64% of 9,076 in Healthcare reporting headcount · FY2023–FY2025
    Top 78% Green-card filings per employee, Healthcare 27 filings / 3,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 78% of 9,076 in Healthcare with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2023–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.
LCA-to-visa realization gap

LCA realization gap: 2.4% of certified LCAs resulted in USCIS decisions

Immigration How this is calculated →
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 235 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to 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

9

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

13

59.1% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

5

18.5% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Sanford has filed each quarter, from FY2023 to today.

FY2025 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q4: 11 filingsFY2026 Q1: 13 filingsFY2026 Q3: 2 filings0613FY2025FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Sanford applied to sponsor 27 workers for green cards between 2023 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

Sanford has filed 3 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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