Does SHORETEL, INC. sponsor green cards?

SHORETEL, INC. has filed 48 PERM (green card) applications with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does SHORETEL, INC. sponsor?

SHORETEL, INC. has filed 195 LCA (temporary work visa) applications, the precursor step for H-1B and other non-immigrant visa filings.

How long has SHORETEL, INC. been filing visa applications?

Public DOL records for SHORETEL, INC. cover fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SHORETEL, INC.

48 Green card sponsorships · 195 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2008–FY2018

Filing volume Top 2% of 330,651 US employers by PERM 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 jobI-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 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 DOLCap 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

1,194 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2018

48 Green-card filings PERM 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 jobI-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

195 Work-visa filings LCA 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 DOLCap 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

What this means for you

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We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
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0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 48 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2018 filings

0 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2018 filings

29% Green-card filings certified 14 of 48 green-card filings · last filed Nov 2017 · FY2008–FY2018

14 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2018

Nov 2017 Last filing

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Every measurement we computed

The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.

Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 243 filings · Top 4% of 7,238 in Information Technology · FY2008–FY2018

Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 243 filings · Top 2% of 330,651 US employers · FY2008–FY2018

#233 of 7,238 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2008–FY2018 filings

#5,236 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2018 filings

243 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2018 filings

20.4% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 243 filings / 1,194 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2018 filings

Top 56% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 243 filings / 1,194 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 56% of 4,593 in Information Technology reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2018

Top 3% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2018 filings

80% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 195 of this employer's 243 · FY2008–FY2018 filings

#241 of 5,644 Work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2008–FY2018 filings

#5,485 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2018 filings

195 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2018

16.3% Work-visa filings per employee 195 filings / 1,194 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2018 filings

Top 61% Work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 195 filings / 1,194 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 61% of 3,697 in Information Technology with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2018

-75% Green-card filings, FY2018 vs FY2017 2 vs 8

Top 2% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2018 filings

20% Green-card filings, share of all filings 48 of this employer's 243 · FY2008–FY2018 filings

#211 of 7,230 Green-card filings rank · Information Technology FY2008–FY2018 filings

#3,891 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2018 filings

48 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2018

4.0% Green-card filings per employee 48 filings / 1,194 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2018 filings

Public record data. PERM 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 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 →

14 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2018

32 Expired 69.6% rate · FY2008–FY2018

0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2008–FY2018

2 Withdrawn 4.2% rate · FY2008–FY2018

Filings over time

How many green card applications SHORETEL, INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

What this means

SHORETEL, INC. applied to sponsor 48 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2018. 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.

USCIS visa petition outcomes

Source: USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub. Petition decisions by fiscal year.

How many visa applications became actual visas

41.3%

64 decisions / 155 certified LCAs

Total USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ decisions

62 initial approvals, 2 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

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initial approvals per continuing approval, USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ hub, FY2009-FY2018

FY	New visa approvals	New visa rejections	Renewal approvals	Total
2018	3	0	0	3
2016	12	1	6	19
2015	2	0	7	9
2014	13	1	12	26
2013	2	0	12	14
2012	10	0	5	15
2011	10	0	10	20
2010	5	0	5	10
2009	5	0	3	8

9 fiscal years of USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition data. Data from USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub.

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