SWARN INC, D/B/A TECH OBSERVER

55 Green card sponsorships · 84 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2008–FY2019
Filing volume Top 4% 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
75 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2019
55 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
84 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.
  • Professional Services · est. 75 U.S. employees
  • 4% Green-card filings denied 2 of 55 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2019 filings
    38% Green-card filings certified 21 of 55 green-card filings · last filed Apr 2018 · FY2008–FY2019
    Apr 2018 Last filing
    -60% Green-card filings, FY2019 vs FY2018 2 vs 5
    Top 12% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 139 filings · Top 12% of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2008–FY2019
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 139 filings · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2019
    55 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2019
    84 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2019
    Top 15% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 55 filings / 75 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 15% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2019
    40% Green-card filings, share of all filings 55 of this employer's 139 · FY2008–FY2019 filings
    Top 2% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2019 filings
    #3,395 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2019 filings
    #1,510 of 46,514 Green-card filings rank · Professional Services FY2008–FY2019 filings
    73.3% Green-card filings per employee 55 filings / 75 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2019 filings
    60% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 84 of this employer's 139 · FY2008–FY2019 filings
    Top 5% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2019 filings
    #10,853 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2019 filings
    #5,886 of 36,303 Work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2008–FY2019 filings
    112.0% Work-visa filings per employee 84 filings / 75 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2019 filings
    139 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2019 filings
    #11,829 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2019 filings
    #5,421 of 46,637 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2008–FY2019 filings
    185.3% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 139 filings / 75 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2019 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 →

21 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2019
31 Expired 59.6% rate · FY2008–FY2019
2 Denied 3.6% rate · FY2008–FY2019
1 Withdrawn 1.8% rate · FY2008–FY2019

Filings over time

How many green card applications SWARN INC, D/B/A TECH OBSERVER has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2009 Q1: 1 filingsFY2010 Q1: 8 filingsFY2011 Q1: 4 filingsFY2012 Q1: 12 filingsFY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q2: 5 filingsFY2015 Q3: 5 filingsFY2015 Q4: 2 filingsFY2016 Q1: 2 filingsFY2016 Q2: 4 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 4 filingsFY2019 Q1: 2 filings0612FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

SWARN INC, D/B/A TECH OBSERVER applied to sponsor 55 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.

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