THE TOWN NEWS, INC.

8 Green card sponsorships · 11 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2008–FY2012
Filing volume Top 15% 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.
  • Information Technology
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 8 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2012 filings
    38% Green-card filings certified 3 of 8 green-card filings · last filed Aug 2015 · FY2008–FY2012
    Aug 2015 Last filing
    Top 32% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 19 filings · Top 32% of 7,239 in Information Technology · FY2008–FY2012
    Top 15% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 19 filings · Top 15% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2012
    8 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2012
    42% Green-card filings, share of all filings 8 of this employer's 19 · FY2008–FY2012 filings
    Top 9% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2012 filings
    #18,553 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2012 filings
    #1,002 of 7,230 Green-card filings rank · Information Technology FY2008–FY2012 filings
    11 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2012 filings
    58% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 11 of this employer's 19 · FY2008–FY2012 filings
    Top 21% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2012 filings
    #48,053 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2012 filings
    #2,427 of 5,644 Work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2008–FY2012 filings
    19 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2012 filings
    #47,779 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2012 filings
    #2,310 of 7,239 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2008–FY2012 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 →

3 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2012
4 Expired 57.1% rate · FY2008–FY2012
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2008–FY2012
1 Withdrawn 12.5% rate · FY2008–FY2012

Filings over time

How many green card applications THE TOWN NEWS, INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2009 Q1: 2 filingsFY2011 Q1: 2 filingsFY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 1 filings012FY2008FY2009FY2011FY2012FY2015
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

THE TOWN NEWS, INC. applied to sponsor 8 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2012. 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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