THE PAMPERED CHEF

23 Green card sponsorships · 74 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2012–FY2025
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
350 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
6.6% Green-card sponsorship rate 23 green-card filings / 350 employees · FY2012–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
21.1% Work-visa filing rate 74 work-visa filings / 350 employees · FY2012–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
27.7% Visa filings vs workforce 97 filings / 350 employees · FY2012–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 350 U.S. employees
  • 57% Green-card filings certified 13 of 23 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2025 · FY2012–FY2025
    0 Green-card filings denied of 23 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2025 filings
    1 Green-card filings withdrawn of 23 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2025 filings
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings 97 filings · last Jun 2025 · Top 3% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2025
    28% Visa filings vs workforce 97 filings / 350 employees · FY2012–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 self-reported headcount
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 97 filings · Top 3% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2012–FY2025
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 97 filings · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2025
    23 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2025
    74 Work-visa filings FY2012–FY2025
    Top 59% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 29 filings / 350 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 59% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2025
    Top 65% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 52 filings / 350 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 65% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2012–FY2025
    Top 77% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 23 filings / 350 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 77% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2025
  • 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.

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

13

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

9

40.9% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

1

4.3% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications THE PAMPERED CHEF has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2012 Q1: 3 filingsFY2013 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q4: 4 filingsFY2016 Q1: 2 filingsFY2017 Q4: 1 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 3 filingsFY2019 Q1: 4 filingsFY2021 Q1: 1 filingsFY2024 Q1: 1 filings024FY2012FY2013FY2016FY2019FY2021FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

THE PAMPERED CHEF applied to sponsor 23 workers for green cards between 2012 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 PAMPERED CHEF has filed 1 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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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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hire4real.fyi Source: U.S. Department of Labor Public Records Updated quarterly from public DOL records
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