VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS

12 Green card sponsorships · 51 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2018–FY2024
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
150 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2022
8.0% Green-card sponsorship rate 12 green-card filings / 150 employees · FY2018–FY2024 filings vs FY2022 headcount
34.0% Work-visa filing rate 51 work-visa filings / 150 employees · FY2018–FY2024 filings vs FY2022 headcount
42.0% Visa filings vs workforce 63 filings / 150 employees · FY2018–FY2024 filings vs FY2022 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Professional Services · est. 150 U.S. employees
  • 8% Green-card filings denied 1 of 12 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2024 filings
    42% Green-card filings certified 5 of 12 green-card filings · last filed Dec 2023 · FY2018–FY2024
    Dec 2023 Last filing
    42% Visa filings vs workforce 63 filings / 150 employees · FY2018–FY2024 filings vs FY2022 self-reported headcount
    Top 13% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 63 filings · Top 13% of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2018–FY2024
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 63 filings · Top 4% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2024
    12 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2024
    51 Work-visa filings FY2018–FY2024
    Top 62% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 12 filings / 150 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 62% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2024
    19% Green-card filings, share of all filings 12 of this employer's 63 · FY2018–FY2024 filings
    Top 7% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2018–FY2024 filings
    #13,273 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2024 filings
    #5,698 of 46,514 Green-card filings rank · Professional Services FY2018–FY2024 filings
    8.0% Green-card filings per employee 12 filings / 150 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2024 filings
    81% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 51 of this employer's 63 · FY2018–FY2024 filings
    Top 7% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2018–FY2024 filings
    #15,831 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2024 filings
    #7,897 of 36,303 Work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2018–FY2024 filings
    34.0% Work-visa filings per employee 51 filings / 150 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2018–FY2024 filings
    63 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2018–FY2024 filings
    #12,903 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2018–FY2024 filings
    #5,829 of 46,637 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2018–FY2024 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 →

5 Certified green-card approvals · FY2018–FY2024
6 Expired 54.5% rate · FY2018–FY2024
1 Denied 8.3% rate · FY2018–FY2024
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2018–FY2024

Filings over time

How many green card applications VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2017 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 2 filingsFY2020 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q3: 2 filingsFY2022 Q2: 4 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filings024FY2017FY2019FY2020
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS applied to sponsor 12 workers for green cards between 2018 and 2024. 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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Filing data sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification public disclosure files. Past filings do not predict future hiring behavior. Employers may petition for review at /dispute.

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