SONY ELECTRONICS INC.

87 Green card sponsorships · 365 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume Top 2% 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
485 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
17.9% Green-card sponsorship rate 87 green-card filings / 485 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
75.3% Work-visa filing rate 365 work-visa filings / 485 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
93.2% Visa filings vs workforce 452 filings / 485 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Manufacturing · est. 485 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 87 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    43% Green-card filings certified 37 of 87 green-card filings · last filed May 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    May 2026 Last filing
    93% Visa filings vs workforce 452 filings / 485 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 452 filings · Top 2% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 452 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    87 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    365 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 19% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 87 filings / 485 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 19% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    19% Green-card filings, share of all filings 87 of this employer's 452 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 2% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #2,125 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #283 of 22,482 Green-card filings rank · Manufacturing FY2008–FY2025 filings
    17.9% Green-card filings per employee 87 filings / 485 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    81% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 365 of this employer's 452 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 2% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #3,091 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #223 of 13,792 Work-visa filings rank · Manufacturing FY2008–FY2025 filings
    75.3% Work-visa filings per employee 365 filings / 485 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    452 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #4,023 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #378 of 22,526 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Manufacturing FY2008–FY2025 filings
  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.6% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

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 →

37 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025
44 Expired 54.3% rate · FY2008–FY2025
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2008–FY2025
6 Withdrawn 6.9% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

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

FY2008 Q1: 5 filingsFY2009 Q1: 3 filingsFY2010 Q1: 7 filingsFY2011 Q1: 16 filingsFY2012 Q1: 10 filingsFY2013 Q1: 9 filingsFY2015 Q3: 2 filingsFY2015 Q4: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 2 filingsFY2017 Q1: 2 filingsFY2018 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 3 filingsFY2018 Q4: 1 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2021 Q2: 3 filingsFY2021 Q3: 3 filingsFY2022 Q2: 2 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filingsFY2023 Q1: 1 filingsFY2023 Q2: 1 filingsFY2023 Q3: 2 filingsFY2023 Q4: 2 filingsFY2024 Q2: 2 filingsFY2024 Q3: 2 filingsFY2025 Q4: 1 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 2 filings0816FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2017FY2023
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

SONY ELECTRONICS INC. applied to sponsor 87 workers for green cards between 2008 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.

Recent layoff notices

SONY ELECTRONICS INC. has filed 3 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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