Southern Botanical, Inc.

43 Green card sponsorships · 1 Temporary work filings · Staffing & Admin · FY2019–FY2025
Filing volume Top 5% 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
205 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
21.0% Green-card sponsorship rate 43 green-card filings / 205 employees · FY2019–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
0.49% Work-visa filing rate 1 work-visa filings / 205 employees · FY2019–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
21.5% Visa filings vs workforce 44 filings / 205 employees · FY2019–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Staffing & Admin · est. 205 U.S. employees
  • 77% Green-card filings certified 33 of 43 green-card filings · last filed Mar 2025 · FY2019–FY2025
    0 Green-card filings denied of 43 green-card filings · FY2019–FY2025 filings
    0 Green-card filings withdrawn of 43 green-card filings · FY2019–FY2025 filings
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings 44 filings · last Mar 2025 · Top 5% of 5,842 in Staffing & Admin · Top 5% of 332,896 US employers · FY2019–FY2025
    21% Visa filings vs workforce 44 filings / 205 employees · FY2019–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, Staffing & Admin 44 filings · Top 5% of 5,842 in Staffing & Admin · FY2019–FY2025
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 44 filings · Top 5% of 332,896 US employers · FY2019–FY2025
    43 Green-card filings FY2019–FY2025
    1 Work-visa filings FY2019–FY2025
    Top 90% Work-visa filings per employee, Staffing & Admin 1 filings / 205 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 90% of 864 in Staffing & Admin with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2019–FY2025
    Top 42% Green-card filings per employee, Staffing & Admin 43 filings / 205 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 42% of 3,481 in Staffing & Admin with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2019–FY2025
    Top 46% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Staffing & Admin 44 filings / 205 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 46% of 3,481 in Staffing & Admin reporting headcount · FY2019–FY2025
  • 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.
Wage level concentration

100% of PERM filings at Level I (entry) prevailing wage vs 54% industry median

Level I
100% (32)
Level II
0% (0)
Level III
0% (0)
Level IV
0% (0)

Industry median Level I share: 54.3% · 90th percentile: 100.0%

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

97% of 33 PERM filings list MEXICO as country of citizenship (HHI 9,412)

Immigration 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

33

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

10

23.3% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

0

0.0% rate

Seasonal worker visas

7

filings linked

Filings over time

How many green card applications Southern Botanical, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2019 to today.

FY2019 Q1: 32 filingsFY2024 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 10 filings01632FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Southern Botanical, Inc. applied to sponsor 43 workers for green cards between 2019 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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