VMware, Inc.

3,292 Green card sponsorships · 10,928 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume #39 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
4,742 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
69.4% Green-card sponsorship rate 3,292 green-card filings / 4,742 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
230.5% Work-visa filing rate 10,928 work-visa filings / 4,742 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
299.9% Visa filings vs workforce 14,220 filings / 4,742 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Professional Services · est. 4,742 U.S. employees
  • 45% Green-card filings certified 1,467 of 3,292 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    34 Green-card filings denied of 3,292 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    61 Green-card filings withdrawn of 3,292 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #21 Green-card + work-visa filings 14,220 filings · last Jun 2026 · #21 of 46,637 in Professional Services · #39 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    300% Visa filings vs workforce 14,220 filings / 4,742 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    +17% Trend vs last year FY2025 224 vs FY2024 192
    #21 Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 14,220 filings · #21 of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2008–FY2025
    #39 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 14,220 filings · #39 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    3,292 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    10,928 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 16% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 3,292 filings / 4,742 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 16% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 19% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Professional Services 9,879 filings / 4,742 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 19% of 28,564 in Professional Services reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • 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.

Filing pattern observations

Filing patterns are statistical observations derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. They do not constitute accusations of wrongdoing. Wage levels are determined by the DOL's rigid 5-step NPWC evaluation process based on O*NET Job Zone requirements. Use this information to inform your own due diligence.
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 1,035 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to INDIA, IRELAND | PERM: 1617 filings from INDIA, IRELAND

Temporal How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

75% of 2,143 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 5,860)

Immigration How this is calculated →
Senior title with entry-level requirements

12 senior-titled positions with entry-level requirements (0.8% of titled filings)

Immigration How this is calculated →

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

1,467

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

1,730

54.1% rate

Denied

34

1.0% rate

Withdrawn

61

1.9% rate

Filings over time

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

FY2008 Q1: 46 filingsFY2009 Q1: 32 filingsFY2010 Q1: 120 filingsFY2011 Q1: 157 filingsFY2012 Q1: 118 filingsFY2013 Q1: 121 filingsFY2015 Q1: 66 filingsFY2015 Q2: 47 filingsFY2015 Q3: 35 filingsFY2015 Q4: 15 filingsFY2016 Q1: 78 filingsFY2016 Q2: 77 filingsFY2016 Q3: 92 filingsFY2016 Q4: 61 filingsFY2017 Q1: 76 filingsFY2017 Q2: 72 filingsFY2017 Q3: 55 filingsFY2017 Q4: 49 filingsFY2018 Q1: 26 filingsFY2018 Q2: 65 filingsFY2018 Q3: 136 filingsFY2018 Q4: 65 filingsFY2019 Q1: 258 filingsFY2020 Q1: 63 filingsFY2020 Q2: 32 filingsFY2020 Q3: 163 filingsFY2020 Q4: 126 filingsFY2021 Q1: 5 filingsFY2021 Q2: 34 filingsFY2021 Q3: 77 filingsFY2021 Q4: 42 filingsFY2022 Q1: 33 filingsFY2022 Q2: 47 filingsFY2022 Q3: 2 filingsFY2022 Q4: 5 filingsFY2023 Q1: 43 filingsFY2023 Q2: 87 filingsFY2023 Q3: 63 filingsFY2023 Q4: 186 filingsFY2024 Q1: 91 filingsFY2024 Q2: 99 filingsFY2024 Q3: 2 filingsFY2025 Q1: 57 filingsFY2025 Q2: 161 filingsFY2025 Q3: 6 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filings0129258FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2025
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

VMware, Inc. applied to sponsor 3,292 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.

Recent layoff notices

VMware, Inc. has filed 7 WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

Subsidiaries 2

Combined: 2,467 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 ↗ + 6,865 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

Subsidiary vs All vs Industry Trend (8Q) Green card sponsorships Temporary work filings Employees
PIVOTAL SOFTWARE INC.
-- -- 131 391 41
CARBON BLACK, INC.
-- -- 1 13 679

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