STEC, INC.

30 Green card sponsorships · 85 Temporary work filings · Wholesale Trade · FY2009–FY2018
Filing volume Top 6% 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
250 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2018
30 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
85 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

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Wholesale Trade · est. 250 U.S. employees
  • 10% Green-card filings denied 3 of 30 green-card filings · FY2009–FY2018 filings
    37% Green-card filings certified 11 of 30 green-card filings · last filed Nov 2017 · FY2009–FY2018
    Nov 2017 Last filing
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, Wholesale Trade 115 filings · Top 3% of 10,825 in Wholesale Trade · FY2009–FY2018
    Top 6% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 115 filings · Top 6% of 332,896 US employers · FY2009–FY2018
    30 Green-card filings FY2009–FY2018
    85 Work-visa filings FY2009–FY2018
    Top 56% Green-card filings per employee, Wholesale Trade 30 filings / 250 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 56% of 6,417 in Wholesale Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2009–FY2018
    26% Green-card filings, share of all filings 30 of this employer's 115 · FY2009–FY2018 filings
    Top 3% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2009–FY2018 filings
    #6,064 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2009–FY2018 filings
    #67 of 10,814 Green-card filings rank · Wholesale Trade FY2009–FY2018 filings
    12.0% Green-card filings per employee 30 filings / 250 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2009–FY2018 filings
    74% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 85 of this employer's 115 · FY2009–FY2018 filings
    Top 5% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2009–FY2018 filings
    #10,754 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2009–FY2018 filings
    #92 of 5,611 Work-visa filings rank · Wholesale Trade FY2009–FY2018 filings
    34.0% Work-visa filings per employee 85 filings / 250 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2009–FY2018 filings
    115 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2009–FY2018 filings
    #18,525 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2009–FY2018 filings
    #230 of 10,825 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Wholesale Trade FY2009–FY2018 filings
    46.0% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 115 filings / 250 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2009–FY2018 filings

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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 →

11 Certified green-card approvals · FY2009–FY2018
15 Expired 57.7% rate · FY2009–FY2018
3 Denied 10.0% rate · FY2009–FY2018
1 Withdrawn 3.3% rate · FY2009–FY2018

Filings over time

How many green card applications STEC, INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2009 to today.

FY2009: 1 filingsFY2010: 6 filingsFY2011: 11 filingsFY2012: 8 filingsFY2013: 3 filingsFY2018: 1 filings0511FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2018
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

STEC, INC. applied to sponsor 30 workers for green cards between 2009 and 2018. 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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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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