SmartBear Software Inc.

12 Green card sponsorships · 37 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2018–FY2025
Filing volume Top 6% 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
350 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
12 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
37 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.
  • Information Technology · est. 350 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 12 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    33% Green-card filings certified 4 of 12 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2018–FY2025
    Jun 2026 Last filing
    Top 13% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 49 filings · Top 13% of 7,239 in Information Technology · FY2018–FY2025
    Top 6% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 49 filings · Top 6% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2025
    12 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2025
    37 Work-visa filings FY2018–FY2025
    Top 67% Green-card filings per employee, Information Technology 12 filings / 350 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 67% of 4,593 in Information Technology with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2025
    24% Green-card filings, share of all filings 12 of this employer's 49 · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    Top 7% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #13,273 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #709 of 7,230 Green-card filings rank · Information Technology FY2018–FY2025 filings
    3.4% Green-card filings per employee 12 filings / 350 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    76% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 37 of this employer's 49 · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    Top 9% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #20,101 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #1,067 of 5,644 Work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2018–FY2025 filings
    10.6% Work-visa filings per employee 37 filings / 350 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    49 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #16,932 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #870 of 7,239 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2018–FY2025 filings
    14.0% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 49 filings / 350 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–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 →

4 Certified green-card approvals · FY2018–FY2025
7 Expired 63.6% rate · FY2018–FY2025
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2018–FY2025
1 Withdrawn 8.3% rate · FY2018–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications SmartBear Software Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 3 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 1 filingsFY2021 Q1: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q1: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 1 filingsFY2025 Q3: 1 filings013FY2015FY2021FY2025
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

SmartBear Software Inc. applied to sponsor 12 workers for green cards between 2018 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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