SUNY Buffalo State College

11 Green card sponsorships · 3 Temporary work filings · Education · FY2018–FY2022
Filing volume Top 12% 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
1,800 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2022
0.61% Green-card sponsorship rate 11 green-card filings / 1,800 employees · FY2018–FY2022 filings vs FY2022 headcount
0.17% Work-visa filing rate 3 work-visa filings / 1,800 employees · FY2018–FY2022 filings vs FY2022 headcount
0.78% Visa filings vs workforce 14 filings / 1,800 employees · FY2018–FY2022 filings vs FY2022 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Education · est. 1,800 U.S. employees
  • 36% Green-card filings certified 4 of 11 green-card filings · last filed Sep 2022 · FY2018–FY2022
    0 Green-card filings denied of 11 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2022 filings
    0 Green-card filings withdrawn of 11 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2022 filings
    Top 25% Green-card + work-visa filings 14 filings · last Sep 2022 · Top 25% of 7,445 in Education · Top 12% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2022
    0.78% Visa filings vs workforce 14 filings / 1,800 employees · FY2018–FY2022 filings vs FY2022 self-reported headcount
    Top 25% Green-card + work-visa filings, Education 14 filings · Top 25% of 7,445 in Education · FY2018–FY2022
    Top 12% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 14 filings · Top 12% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2022
    11 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2022
    3 Work-visa filings FY2018–FY2022
    Top 82% Green-card filings per employee, Education 11 filings / 1,800 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 82% of 4,213 in Education with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2022
    Top 92% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Education 11 filings / 1,800 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 92% of 4,213 in Education reporting headcount · FY2018–FY2022
    Top 91% Green-card filings per employee, all US 11 filings / 1,800 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 91% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2022
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.6%, below the 60% we require before pairing layoffs with visa filings for a named employer. 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 →

Certified

4

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

7

63.6% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

0

0.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications SUNY Buffalo State College has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 2 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 2 filingsFY2020 Q1: 3 filingsFY2022 Q4: 1 filings013FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

SUNY Buffalo State College applied to sponsor 11 workers for green cards between 2018 and 2022. 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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