SYMANTEC CORPORATION

990 Green card sponsorships · 3,453 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2008–FY2020
Filing volume Top 1% 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
5,854 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2020
16.9% Green-card sponsorship rate 990 green-card filings / 5,854 employees · FY2008–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 headcount
59.0% Work-visa filing rate 3,453 work-visa filings / 5,854 employees · FY2008–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 headcount
75.9% Visa filings vs workforce 4,443 filings / 5,854 employees · FY2008–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Professional Services · est. 5,854 U.S. employees
  • 40% Green-card filings certified 400 of 990 green-card filings · last filed Sep 2020 · FY2008–FY2020
    23 Green-card filings denied of 990 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    28 Green-card filings withdrawn of 990 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2020 filings
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings 4,443 filings · last Sep 2020 · Top 1% of 46,637 in Professional Services · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2020
    76% Visa filings vs workforce 4,443 filings / 5,854 employees · FY2008–FY2020 filings vs FY2020 self-reported headcount
    -24% Trend vs last year FY2020 28 vs FY2019 37
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 4,443 filings · Top 1% of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2008–FY2020
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 4,443 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2020
    990 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2020
    3,453 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2020
    Top 44% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 990 filings / 5,854 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 44% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2020
    Top 74% Work-visa filings per employee, Professional Services 594 filings / 5,854 employees (2020, self-reported) · Top 74% of 20,916 in Professional Services with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2020
  • 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.
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 1,559 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to INDIA, IRELAND | PERM: 367 filings from INDIA, IRELAND

Temporal How this is calculated →
Post-layoff filing increase

28 immigration filings in the 2 years after a 152-worker WARN notice (replacement ratio 18.4%, peak 3.9x baseline)

Baseline (2015-2018 avg)
7.2
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 ↗ year 2019 - 152 workers
Post- 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 ↗ peak (2020-2021)
28

Replacement ratio: 18.4% · spike multiplier: 3.86x baseline

Temporal How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

75% of 486 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 5,705)

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

400

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

539

57.4% rate

Denied

23

2.3% rate

Withdrawn

28

2.8% rate

Filings over time

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

FY2008 Q1: 106 filingsFY2009 Q1: 10 filingsFY2010 Q1: 61 filingsFY2011 Q1: 61 filingsFY2012 Q1: 101 filingsFY2013 Q1: 52 filingsFY2015 Q1: 45 filingsFY2015 Q2: 9 filingsFY2015 Q3: 6 filingsFY2015 Q4: 49 filingsFY2016 Q1: 61 filingsFY2016 Q2: 94 filingsFY2016 Q3: 13 filingsFY2016 Q4: 88 filingsFY2017 Q1: 14 filingsFY2017 Q2: 24 filingsFY2017 Q3: 11 filingsFY2017 Q4: 20 filingsFY2018 Q1: 21 filingsFY2018 Q2: 8 filingsFY2018 Q3: 39 filingsFY2018 Q4: 32 filingsFY2019 Q1: 37 filingsFY2020 Q1: 2 filingsFY2020 Q2: 4 filingsFY2020 Q3: 20 filingsFY2020 Q4: 2 filings053106FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2020
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

SYMANTEC CORPORATION applied to sponsor 990 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2020. 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

SYMANTEC CORPORATION has filed 20 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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