SMART Alabama LLC

55 Green card sponsorships · 71 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2010–FY2025
Filing volume Top 4% 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
424 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
55 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
71 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

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Manufacturing · est. 424 U.S. employees
  • 5% Green-card filings denied 3 of 55 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    44% Green-card filings certified 24 of 55 green-card filings · last filed Jan 2025 · FY2010–FY2025
    Jan 2025 Last filing
    Top 6% Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 126 filings · Top 6% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2010–FY2025
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 126 filings · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2025
    55 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2025
    71 Work-visa filings FY2010–FY2025
    Top 24% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 55 filings / 424 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 24% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025
    44% Green-card filings, share of all filings 55 of this employer's 126 · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    Top 2% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #3,395 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #453 of 22,482 Green-card filings rank · Manufacturing FY2010–FY2025 filings
    13.0% Green-card filings per employee 55 filings / 424 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    56% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 71 of this employer's 126 · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    Top 6% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #12,362 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #1,054 of 13,792 Work-visa filings rank · Manufacturing FY2010–FY2025 filings
    16.7% Work-visa filings per employee 71 filings / 424 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    126 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #11,829 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2010–FY2025 filings
    #1,154 of 22,526 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Manufacturing FY2010–FY2025 filings
    29.7% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 126 filings / 424 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025 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 →

24 Certified green-card approvals · FY2010–FY2025
25 Expired 51.0% rate · FY2010–FY2025
3 Denied 5.5% rate · FY2010–FY2025
3 Withdrawn 5.5% rate · FY2010–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications SMART Alabama LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010 Q1: 2 filingsFY2011 Q1: 4 filingsFY2012 Q1: 2 filingsFY2013 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q1: 4 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 10 filingsFY2016 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 3 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 2 filingsFY2018 Q2: 2 filingsFY2020 Q3: 2 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2021 Q2: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1 filingsFY2021 Q4: 2 filingsFY2022 Q2: 4 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filingsFY2022 Q4: 2 filingsFY2023 Q1: 1 filingsFY2023 Q3: 1 filingsFY2024 Q3: 2 filingsFY2025 Q1: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 1 filings0510FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2023FY2025
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

SMART Alabama LLC applied to sponsor 55 workers for green cards between 2010 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.

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