SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION

120 Green card sponsorships · 842 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2008–FY2019
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
39,331 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2019
0.31% Green-card sponsorship rate 120 green-card filings / 39,331 employees · FY2008–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount
2.1% Work-visa filing rate 842 work-visa filings / 39,331 employees · FY2008–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount
2.4% Visa filings vs workforce 962 filings / 39,331 employees · FY2008–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Information Technology · est. 39,331 U.S. employees
  • 39% Green-card filings certified 47 of 120 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2015 · FY2008–FY2019
    3 Green-card filings denied of 120 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2019 filings
    5 Green-card filings withdrawn of 120 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2019 filings
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings 962 filings · last Jun 2015 · Top 5% of 7,239 in Information Technology · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2019
    2% Visa filings vs workforce 962 filings / 39,331 employees · FY2008–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 self-reported headcount
    -67% Trend vs last year FY2019 3 vs FY2015 9
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 962 filings · Top 5% of 7,239 in Information Technology · FY2008–FY2019
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 962 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2019
    120 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2019
    842 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2019
    Top 95% Green-card filings per employee, Information Technology 120 filings / 39,331 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 95% of 4,593 in Information Technology with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2019
    Top 98% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 120 filings / 39,331 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 98% of 4,593 in Information Technology reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2019
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.4%, 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.
Work location vs filing location wage differential

47% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (52 of 111 filings)

Worksite differs
47% (52)
Same state
53% (59)

Employer primary state: KS · Most common remote worksite: VA

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

73% of 111 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 5,435)

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

47

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

65

58.0% rate

Denied

3

2.5% rate

Withdrawn

5

4.2% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 24 filingsFY2009 Q1: 3 filingsFY2010 Q1: 17 filingsFY2011 Q1: 33 filingsFY2012 Q1: 20 filingsFY2013 Q1: 11 filingsFY2015 Q2: 4 filingsFY2015 Q3: 5 filingsFY2019 Q1: 3 filings01633FY2008FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION applied to sponsor 120 workers for green cards between 2008 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

SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION has filed 2 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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Filing data sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification public disclosure files. Past filings do not predict future hiring behavior. Employers may petition for review at /dispute.

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