VADATA, INC.

15 Green card sponsorships · 73 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2018–FY2020
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
566,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2019
0.0027% Green-card sponsorship rate 15 green-card filings / 566,000 employees · FY2018–FY2020 filings vs FY2019 headcount
0.013% Work-visa filing rate 73 work-visa filings / 566,000 employees · FY2018–FY2020 filings vs FY2019 headcount
0.016% Visa filings vs workforce 88 filings / 566,000 employees · FY2018–FY2020 filings vs FY2019 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Retail Trade · est. 566,000 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 15 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    73% Green-card filings certified 11 of 15 green-card filings · last filed Oct 2019 · FY2018–FY2020
    Oct 2019 Last filing
    0.016% Visa filings vs workforce 88 filings / 566,000 employees · FY2018–FY2020 filings vs FY2019 self-reported headcount
    0% Green-card filings, FY2019 vs FY2018 6 vs 6
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 88 filings · Top 2% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2018–FY2020
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 88 filings · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2020
    15 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2020
    73 Work-visa filings FY2018–FY2020
    Top 100% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 15 filings / 566,000 employees (2019, self-reported) · Top 100% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2020
    17% Green-card filings, share of all filings 15 of this employer's 88 · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    Top 6% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    #11,092 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2020 filings
    #284 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2018–FY2020 filings
    0.0% Green-card filings per employee 15 filings / 566,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    83% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 73 of this employer's 88 · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    Top 6% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    #12,067 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2020 filings
    #220 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2018–FY2020 filings
    0.0% Work-visa filings per employee 73 filings / 566,000 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2020 filings
    88 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2018–FY2020 filings
    #10,674 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2020 filings
    #204 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2018–FY2020 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 →

11 Certified green-card approvals · FY2018–FY2020
4 Expired 26.7% rate · FY2018–FY2020
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2018–FY2020
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2018–FY2020

Filings over time

How many green card applications VADATA, INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2016 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 5 filingsFY2019 Q1: 6 filings036FY2015FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

VADATA, INC. applied to sponsor 15 workers for green cards between 2018 and 2020. 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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