SONY DADC US INC

4 Green card sponsorships · 17 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2012–FY2019
Filing volume Top 16% 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
128,400 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2018
0.0031% Green-card sponsorship rate 4 green-card filings / 128,400 employees · FY2012–FY2019 filings vs FY2018 headcount
0.013% Work-visa filing rate 17 work-visa filings / 128,400 employees · FY2012–FY2019 filings vs FY2018 headcount
0.016% Visa filings vs workforce 21 filings / 128,400 employees · FY2012–FY2019 filings vs FY2018 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Professional Services · est. 128,400 U.S. employees
  • 25% Green-card filings certified 1 of 4 green-card filings · last filed May 2018 · FY2012–FY2019
    0 Green-card filings denied of 4 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2019 filings
    1 Green-card filings withdrawn of 4 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2019 filings
    Top 36% Green-card + work-visa filings 21 filings · last May 2018 · Top 36% of 46,637 in Professional Services · Top 16% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2019
    0.016% Visa filings vs workforce 21 filings / 128,400 employees · FY2012–FY2019 filings vs FY2018 self-reported headcount
    Top 36% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 21 filings · Top 36% of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2012–FY2019
    Top 16% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 21 filings · Top 16% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2019
    4 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2019
    17 Work-visa filings FY2012–FY2019
    Top 100% Work-visa filings per employee, Professional Services 3 filings / 128,400 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 100% of 20,916 in Professional Services with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2019
    Top 100% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Professional Services 7 filings / 128,400 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 100% of 28,564 in Professional Services reporting headcount · FY2012–FY2019
    Top 100% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 4 filings / 128,400 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 100% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2019
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.5%, below the 60% we require before pairing layoffs with visa filings for a named employer. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Filing pattern observations

Filing patterns are statistical observations derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. They do not constitute accusations of wrongdoing. Wage levels are determined by the DOL's rigid 5-step NPWC evaluation process based on O*NET Job Zone requirements. Use this information to inform your own due diligence.
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 777 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to AUSTRIA

Temporal How this is calculated →

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 →

Certified

1

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 ↗ approvals

Expired

2

66.7% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

1

25.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications SONY DADC US INC has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filings001FY2012FY2013
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

SONY DADC US INC applied to sponsor 4 workers for green cards between 2012 and 2019. 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

SONY DADC US INC has filed 4 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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