SmartNews International Inc

12 Green card sponsorships · 56 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2015–FY2026
Filing volume Top 5% of 330,651 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
52 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
56 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

One record, five questions. Ask as many as you like.

  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Information Technology · est. 52 U.S. employees
  • 17% Green-card filings denied 2 of 12 green-card filings · FY2015–FY2026 filings
    2 Green-card filings denied FY2015–FY2026 filings
    33% Green-card filings certified 4 of 12 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2015–FY2026
    4 Green-card filings certified FY2015–FY2026
    Jun 2026 Last filing

    2 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.

  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

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 11% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 68 filings · Top 11% of 7,238 in Information Technology · FY2015–FY2026
Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 68 filings · Top 5% of 330,651 US employers · FY2015–FY2026
#740 of 7,238 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2015–FY2026 filings
#14,616 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2015–FY2026 filings
68 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2015–FY2026 filings
130.8% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 68 filings / 52 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2015–FY2026 filings
Top 14% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 68 filings / 52 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 14% of 4,593 in Information Technology reporting headcount · FY2015–FY2026
Top 7% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2015–FY2026 filings
82% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 56 of this employer's 68 · FY2015–FY2026 filings
#754 of 5,644 Work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2015–FY2026 filings
#14,745 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2015–FY2026 filings
56 Work-visa filings FY2015–FY2026
107.7% Work-visa filings per employee 56 filings / 52 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2015–FY2026 filings
Top 15% Work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 56 filings / 52 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 15% of 3,697 in Information Technology with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2015–FY2026
Top 7% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2015–FY2026 filings
18% Green-card filings, share of all filings 12 of this employer's 68 · FY2015–FY2026 filings
#709 of 7,230 Green-card filings rank · Information Technology FY2015–FY2026 filings
#13,273 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2015–FY2026 filings
12 Green-card filings FY2015–FY2026
23.1% Green-card filings per employee 12 filings / 52 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2015–FY2026 filings
Top 21% Green-card filings per employee, Information Technology 12 filings / 52 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 21% of 4,593 in Information Technology with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2015–FY2026

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 · FY2015–FY2026
3 Expired 42.9% rate · FY2015–FY2026
2 Denied 16.7% rate · FY2015–FY2026
3 Withdrawn 25.0% rate · FY2015–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications SmartNews International Inc has filed each quarter, from FY2015 to today.

FY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2022 Q1: 1 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filingsFY2022 Q4: 1 filingsFY2023 Q2: 2 filingsFY2024 Q2: 1 filingsFY2025 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q4: 1 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 1 filings012FY2018FY2022
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Data through FY2026

What this means

SmartNews International Inc applied to sponsor 12 workers for green cards between 2015 and 2026. 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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