Does University of Kentucky sponsor green cards?

University of Kentucky has filed 292 PERM (green card) applications with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does University of Kentucky sponsor?

University of Kentucky has filed 2,214 LCA (temporary work visa) applications, the precursor step for H-1B and other non-immigrant visa filings.

What is University of Kentucky's government approval rate?

Across 292 PERM filings, University of Kentucky has a U.S. Department of Labor approval rate of 100.0% (denial rate 0.0%).

How long has University of Kentucky been filing visa applications?

Public DOL records for University of Kentucky cover fiscal years 2008 through 2026.

University of Kentucky

292 Green card sponsorships · 2,214 Temporary work filings · Education · FY2008–FY2026

FEIN 61-6001218 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)

Also filed as University of Kentucky UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Filing volume Top 1% of 330,651 US employers by PERM 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 jobI-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 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 DOLCap 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

20,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025

292 Green-card filings PERM 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 jobI-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 ↗ filings on record

2,214 Work-visa filings LCA 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 DOLCap 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 ↗ filings on record

$225,000 Median offered wage FY2024 n=5 PERM 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 jobI-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 ↗ filings · Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary (25-1071.00)

What this means for you

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We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
Education · est. 20,000 U.S. employees Showing 3 of 5 measurements · Show all →
3% Green-card filings denied 9 of 292 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings

9 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2026 filings

52% Green-card filings certified 153 of 292 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2026

153 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2026

Jun 2026 Last filing

2 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.
Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
History, not a hiring promise.

Every measurement we computed

The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.

Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 2,506 filings · Top 1% of 330,651 US employers · FY2008–FY2026

#45 of 7,270 Green-card + work-visa filings, Education 2,506 filings · #45 of 7,270 in Education · FY2008–FY2026

#361 of 330,651 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings

2,506 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings

12.5% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 2,506 filings / 20,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Top 47% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Education 2,506 filings / 20,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 47% of 4,213 in Education reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2026

Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings

88% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 2,214 of this employer's 2,506 · FY2008–FY2026 filings

#44 of 5,010 Work-visa filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2026 filings

#344 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings

2,214 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026

11.1% Work-visa filings per employee 2,214 filings / 20,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Top 43% Work-visa filings per employee, Education 2,214 filings / 20,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 43% of 2,975 in Education with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026

+18% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 13 vs 11

Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings

12% Green-card filings, share of all filings 292 of this employer's 2,506 · FY2008–FY2026 filings

#24 of 7,270 Green-card filings rank · Education FY2008–FY2026 filings

#525 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings

292 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2026

1.5% Green-card filings per employee 292 filings / 20,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings

Public record data. PERM 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 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 →

153 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2026

119 Expired 43.8% rate · FY2008–FY2026

9 Denied 3.1% rate · FY2008–FY2026

11 Withdrawn 3.8% rate · FY2008–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications University of Kentucky has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

What this means

University of Kentucky applied to sponsor 292 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2026. 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.

Offered wages on this employer’s filings

Median annual wage this employer offered, by occupation and fiscal year, over its own PERM 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 ↗ filings — beside the prevailing wage the U.S. Department of Labor determined on the same filings. Two separate figures, never a ratio. Hourly, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly wages are converted to an annual figure using the unit DOL printed for that wage. Methodology →

5 further roles in this employer’s most recent complete year are not shown: fewer than five filings per role, which is too few to publish a wage without describing individual people.

Median offered and prevailing annual wages by occupation and fiscal year. Sortable by occupation, fiscal year and filing count only.
Occupation	Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	Median prevailing	Wage level
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071.00	FY2024	5	$225,000	$120,787	Level III
General Internal Medicine Physicians 29-1216.00	FY2023	14	$220,000	$79,123	Level II
Assistant Professor 25-1011	FY2021	5	$217,500	$49,600	Level I
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 29-1069	FY2019	7	$230,000	$71,877	Level III
Internists, General 29-1063	FY2018	7	$210,000	$60,280	Level II
Internists, General 29-1063	FY2017	12	$210,000	$74,963	Level II
Internists, General 29-1063	FY2016	7	$195,000	$62,993	Level II
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 29-1069	FY2015	5	$220,000	$81,137	Level III
Internists, General 29-1063.00	FY2012	6	$195,000	$87,237	Level II
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071.00	FY2010	8	$124,800	$53,390	Level I

“Not reported” means the Department of Labor published no such figure on those filings — from FY2025 its PERM 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 ↗ disclosure file carries the employer’s offered wage only, with no prevailing-wage determination and no wage level. It does not mean the figure is unknown to us; it means DOL did not publish one.

Wage & Hour Enforcement

Source: DOL Wage & Hour Division WHISARD concluded compliance actions since FY2005. Back wages, civil money penalties, and employees affected, broken down by statute (FLSA, H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ , H-2A, H-2B, SCA, Davis-Bacon, FMLA). Data mirrored nightly from the WHISARD dataset.

Back wages owed

Enforcement actions

Employees affected

H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ back wages

Enforcement actions (most recent first)

Case ID	Findings date	Location	Back wages	H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ portion	Employees	Statutes
1750784	2015-02-10	Lexington, KY	$0	$0	0	FLSA
1311235	2003-09-20	Versailles, KY	$0	$0	0

USCIS visa petition outcomes

Source: USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub. Petition decisions by fiscal year.

How many visa applications became actual visas

26.4%

520 decisions / 1,970 certified LCAs

Total USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ decisions

520

519 initial approvals, 1 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

0.86:1

initial approvals per continuing approval, USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ hub, FY2009-FY2023

100.0% initial approval rate (3yr)

FY	New visa approvals	New visa rejections	Renewal approvals	Renewal rejections	Total
2023	23	0	31	0	54
2022	57	0	58	3	118
2021	46	0	57	0	103
2020	53	0	53	1	107
2019	63	0	60	2	125
2018	39	0	22	0	61
2017	26	1	42	0	69
2015	49	0	34	1	84
2014	45	0	44	1	90
2013	42	0	41	2	85
2011	0	0	1	0	1
2010	0	0	1	0	1
2009	76	0	52	2	130

13 fiscal years of USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition data. Data from USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub.

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