THE RICHARDS GROUP, INC.

2 Green card sponsorships · 26 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2012–FY2019
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
Employee count unavailable - public companies (SEC) and 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 ↗ -self-reporting employers only

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Professional Services
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 2 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2019 filings
    50% Green-card filings certified 1 of 2 green-card filings · last filed May 2016 · FY2012–FY2019
    May 2016 Last filing
    Top 26% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 28 filings · Top 26% of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2012–FY2019
    Top 10% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 28 filings · Top 10% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2019
    2 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2019
    7% Green-card filings, share of all filings 2 of this employer's 28 · FY2012–FY2019 filings
    Top 27% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2012–FY2019 filings
    #55,870 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2019 filings
    #17,947 of 46,514 Green-card filings rank · Professional Services FY2012–FY2019 filings
    26 Work-visa filings FY2012–FY2019 filings
    93% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 26 of this employer's 28 · FY2012–FY2019 filings
    Top 12% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2012–FY2019 filings
    #25,894 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2019 filings
    #11,457 of 36,303 Work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2012–FY2019 filings
    28 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2012–FY2019 filings
    #31,974 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2019 filings
    #11,941 of 46,637 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2012–FY2019 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 →

1 Certified green-card approvals · FY2012–FY2019
1 Expired 50.0% rate · FY2012–FY2019
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2012–FY2019
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2012–FY2019

Filings over time

How many green card applications THE RICHARDS GROUP, INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filings001FY2012
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

THE RICHARDS GROUP, INC. applied to sponsor 2 workers for green cards between 2012 and 2019. 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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