UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

214 Green card sponsorships · 18 Temporary work filings · Education · FY2008–FY2019
Filing volume Top 2% 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
10,500 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2019
2.0% Green-card sponsorship rate 214 green-card filings / 10,500 employees · FY2008–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount
0.17% Work-visa filing rate 18 work-visa filings / 10,500 employees · FY2008–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount
2.2% Visa filings vs workforce 232 filings / 10,500 employees · FY2008–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Education · est. 10,500 U.S. employees
  • 45% Green-card filings certified 96 of 214 green-card filings · last filed Aug 2018 · FY2008–FY2019
    1 Green-card filings denied of 214 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2019 filings
    10 Green-card filings withdrawn of 214 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2019 filings
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings 232 filings · last Aug 2018 · Top 4% of 7,445 in Education · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2019
    2% Visa filings vs workforce 232 filings / 10,500 employees · FY2008–FY2019 filings vs FY2019 self-reported headcount
    -17% Trend vs last year FY2019 20 vs FY2018 24
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, Education 232 filings · Top 4% of 7,445 in Education · FY2008–FY2019
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 232 filings · Top 2% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2019
    214 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2019
    18 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2019
    Top 59% Green-card filings per employee, Education 214 filings / 10,500 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 59% of 4,213 in Education with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2019
    Top 79% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Education 214 filings / 10,500 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 79% of 4,213 in Education reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2019
  • 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

96

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

107

52.7% rate

Denied

1

0.5% rate

Withdrawn

10

4.7% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 21 filingsFY2009 Q1: 18 filingsFY2010 Q1: 30 filingsFY2011 Q1: 13 filingsFY2012 Q1: 22 filingsFY2013 Q1: 10 filingsFY2015 Q1: 4 filingsFY2015 Q2: 6 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 11 filingsFY2016 Q1: 2 filingsFY2016 Q2: 6 filingsFY2016 Q3: 4 filingsFY2016 Q4: 5 filingsFY2017 Q1: 6 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 3 filingsFY2017 Q4: 7 filingsFY2018 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q2: 11 filingsFY2018 Q3: 7 filingsFY2018 Q4: 5 filingsFY2019 Q1: 20 filings01530FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN applied to sponsor 214 workers for green cards between 2008 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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