THE BON-TON DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.

12 Green card sponsorships · 30 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2013–FY2018
Filing volume Top 11% 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
27,200 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2018
0.044% Green-card sponsorship rate 12 green-card filings / 27,200 employees · FY2013–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount
0.11% Work-visa filing rate 30 work-visa filings / 27,200 employees · FY2013–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount
0.15% Visa filings vs workforce 42 filings / 27,200 employees · FY2013–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 27,200 U.S. employees
  • 33% Green-card filings certified 4 of 12 green-card filings · last filed Jan 2018 · FY2013–FY2018
    0 Green-card filings denied of 12 green-card filings · FY2013–FY2018 filings
    0 Green-card filings withdrawn of 12 green-card filings · FY2013–FY2018 filings
    Top 6% Green-card + work-visa filings 42 filings · last Jan 2018 · Top 6% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 11% of 332,896 US employers · FY2013–FY2018
    0.15% Visa filings vs workforce 42 filings / 27,200 employees · FY2013–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 self-reported headcount
    Top 6% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 42 filings · Top 6% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2013–FY2018
    Top 11% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 42 filings · Top 11% of 332,896 US employers · FY2013–FY2018
    12 Green-card filings FY2013–FY2018
    30 Work-visa filings FY2013–FY2018
    Top 100% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 1 filings / 27,200 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 100% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2013–FY2018
    Top 99% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 12 filings / 27,200 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 99% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2013–FY2018
    Top 99% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 13 filings / 27,200 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 99% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2013–FY2018
  • 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

8

66.7% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

0

0.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications THE BON-TON DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2013 to today.

FY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 3 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filings013FY2013FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

THE BON-TON DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. applied to sponsor 12 workers for green cards between 2013 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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