TARGET GENERAL MERCHANDISE

3 Green card sponsorships · 17 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2011–FY2024
Filing volume Top 10% 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
360,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2021
0.00083% Green-card sponsorship rate 3 green-card filings / 360,000 employees · FY2011–FY2024 filings vs FY2021 headcount
0.0047% Work-visa filing rate 17 work-visa filings / 360,000 employees · FY2011–FY2024 filings vs FY2021 headcount
0.0056% Visa filings vs workforce 20 filings / 360,000 employees · FY2011–FY2024 filings vs FY2021 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Retail Trade · est. 360,000 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 3 green-card filings · FY2011–FY2024 filings
    67% Green-card filings certified 2 of 3 green-card filings · last filed Jul 2024 · FY2011–FY2024
    Jul 2024 Last filing
    0.0056% Visa filings vs workforce 20 filings / 360,000 employees · FY2011–FY2024 filings vs FY2021 self-reported headcount
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 20 filings · Top 5% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2011–FY2024
    Top 10% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 20 filings · Top 10% of 332,896 US employers · FY2011–FY2024
    3 Green-card filings FY2011–FY2024
    17 Work-visa filings FY2011–FY2024
    Top 100% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 3 filings / 360,000 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 100% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2011–FY2024
    15% Green-card filings, share of all filings 3 of this employer's 20 · FY2011–FY2024 filings
    Top 20% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2011–FY2024 filings
    #40,597 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2011–FY2024 filings
    #1,267 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2011–FY2024 filings
    0.0% Green-card filings per employee 3 filings / 360,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2011–FY2024 filings
    85% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 17 of this employer's 20 · FY2011–FY2024 filings
    Top 16% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2011–FY2024 filings
    #35,248 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2011–FY2024 filings
    #597 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2011–FY2024 filings
    0.0% Work-visa filings per employee 17 filings / 360,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2011–FY2024 filings
    20 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2011–FY2024 filings
    #31,974 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2011–FY2024 filings
    #580 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2011–FY2024 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 →

2 Certified green-card approvals · FY2011–FY2024
1 Expired 33.3% rate · FY2011–FY2024
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2011–FY2024
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2011–FY2024

Filings over time

How many green card applications TARGET GENERAL MERCHANDISE has filed each quarter, from FY2011 to today.

FY2011 Q1: 1 filingsFY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1 filings001FY2011FY2012
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

TARGET GENERAL MERCHANDISE applied to sponsor 3 workers for green cards between 2011 and 2024. 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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