The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated

5 Green card sponsorships · 16 Temporary work filings · Management · FY2018–FY2025
Filing volume Top 8% 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
46,604 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
0.011% Green-card sponsorship rate 5 green-card filings / 46,604 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
0.034% Work-visa filing rate 16 work-visa filings / 46,604 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
0.045% Visa filings vs workforce 21 filings / 46,604 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Management · est. 46,604 U.S. employees
  • 40% Green-card filings certified 2 of 5 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2018–FY2025
    0 Green-card filings denied of 5 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    0 Green-card filings withdrawn of 5 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #44 Green-card + work-visa filings 21 filings · last Jun 2026 · #44 of 546 in Management · Top 8% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2025
    0.045% Visa filings vs workforce 21 filings / 46,604 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    #44 Green-card + work-visa filings, Management 21 filings · #44 of 546 in Management · FY2018–FY2025
    Top 8% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 21 filings · Top 8% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2025
    5 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2025
    16 Work-visa filings FY2018–FY2025
    Top 97% Work-visa filings per employee, Management 14 filings / 46,604 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 97% of 147 in Management with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2025
    Top 96% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Management 19 filings / 46,604 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 96% of 288 in Management reporting headcount · FY2018–FY2025
    Top 97% Green-card filings per employee, Management 5 filings / 46,604 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 97% of 288 in Management with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2025
  • 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

2

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

3

60.0% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

0

0.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2021 Q3: 1 filingsFY2023 Q2: 1 filingsFY2025 Q1: 1 filingsFY2026 Q1: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 1 filings001FY2021FY2025FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated applied to sponsor 5 workers for green cards between 2018 and 2025. 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

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated has filed 4 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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