SHELL OIL COMPANY

159 Green card sponsorships · 6 Temporary work filings · Mining & Oil · FY2008–FY2021
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
20,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2021
0.80% Green-card sponsorship rate 159 green-card filings / 20,000 employees · FY2008–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount
0.030% Work-visa filing rate 6 work-visa filings / 20,000 employees · FY2008–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount
0.82% Visa filings vs workforce 165 filings / 20,000 employees · FY2008–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Mining & Oil · est. 20,000 U.S. employees
  • 3% Green-card filings denied 5 of 159 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2021 filings
    27% Green-card filings certified 43 of 159 green-card filings · last filed May 2021 · FY2008–FY2021
    May 2021 Last filing
    0.82% Visa filings vs workforce 165 filings / 20,000 employees · FY2008–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 self-reported headcount
    -80% Green-card filings, FY2021 vs FY2019 1 vs 5
    #12 of 786 Green-card + work-visa filings 165 filings · last May 2021 · #12 of 786 in Mining & Oil · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2021
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 165 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2021
    159 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2021
    6 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2021
    Top 69% Green-card filings per employee, Mining & Oil 159 filings / 20,000 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 69% of 458 in Mining & Oil with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2021
    Top 79% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Mining & Oil 159 filings / 20,000 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 79% of 458 in Mining & Oil reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2021
  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.6% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

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 →

43 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2021
104 Expired 70.7% rate · FY2008–FY2021
5 Denied 3.1% rate · FY2008–FY2021
7 Withdrawn 4.4% rate · FY2008–FY2021

Filings over time

How many green card applications SHELL OIL COMPANY has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 32 filingsFY2009 Q1: 12 filingsFY2010 Q1: 29 filingsFY2011 Q1: 13 filingsFY2012 Q1: 24 filingsFY2013 Q1: 14 filingsFY2015 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q2: 4 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 4 filingsFY2016 Q2: 3 filingsFY2016 Q3: 2 filingsFY2017 Q1: 4 filingsFY2017 Q3: 1 filingsFY2017 Q4: 2 filingsFY2018 Q3: 3 filingsFY2018 Q4: 2 filingsFY2019 Q1: 5 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1 filings01632FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

SHELL OIL COMPANY applied to sponsor 159 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2021. 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

SHELL OIL COMPANY has filed 1 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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Filing data sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification public disclosure files. Past filings do not predict future hiring behavior. Employers may petition for review at /dispute.

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