VALVE

34 Green card sponsorships · 150 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2008–FY2025
FEIN 91-2184416 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)
Also filed as VALVE CORPORATION
Filing volume Top 3% 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
352 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
34 Green-card filings 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 on record
150 Work-visa filings 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 ↗ filings on record

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Information Technology · est. 352 U.S. employees
  • 3% Green-card filings denied 1 of 34 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    38% Green-card filings certified 13 of 34 green-card filings · last filed May 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    May 2026 Last filing
    Top 6% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 184 filings · Top 6% of 7,239 in Information Technology · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 184 filings · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    34 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    150 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 42% Green-card filings per employee, Information Technology 34 filings / 352 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 42% of 4,593 in Information Technology with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    18% Green-card filings, share of all filings 34 of this employer's 184 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 3% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #5,412 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #288 of 7,230 Green-card filings rank · Information Technology FY2008–FY2025 filings
    9.7% Green-card filings per employee 34 filings / 352 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    82% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 150 of this employer's 184 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 3% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #6,849 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #310 of 5,644 Work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2008–FY2025 filings
    42.6% Work-visa filings per employee 150 filings / 352 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    184 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #7,877 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #389 of 7,239 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2008–FY2025 filings
    52.3% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 184 filings / 352 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 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 →

13 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025
19 Expired 59.4% rate · FY2008–FY2025
1 Denied 2.9% rate · FY2008–FY2025
1 Withdrawn 2.9% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications VALVE has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 4 filingsFY2009 Q1: 1 filingsFY2010 Q1: 2 filingsFY2011 Q1: 1 filingsFY2012 Q1: 3 filingsFY2013 Q1: 2 filingsFY2016 Q1: 2 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q4: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 2 filingsFY2019 Q1: 3 filingsFY2020 Q2: 1 filingsFY2020 Q3: 1 filingsFY2020 Q4: 2 filingsFY2022 Q1: 1 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filingsFY2023 Q2: 1 filingsFY2024 Q2: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 1 filingsFY2026 Q1: 1 filings024FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2016FY2017FY2019FY2022FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

VALVE applied to sponsor 34 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2025. 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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