WA STATE DEPT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

5 Green card sponsorships · 10 Temporary work filings · Government · FY2008–FY2018
Filing volume Top 21% 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
15,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2018
0.033% Green-card sponsorship rate 5 green-card filings / 15,000 employees · FY2008–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount
0.067% Work-visa filing rate 10 work-visa filings / 15,000 employees · FY2008–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount
0.10% Visa filings vs workforce 15 filings / 15,000 employees · FY2008–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Government · est. 15,000 U.S. employees
  • 40% Green-card filings certified 2 of 5 green-card filings · last filed Aug 2018 · FY2008–FY2018
    0 Green-card filings denied of 5 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2018 filings
    0 Green-card filings withdrawn of 5 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2018 filings
    Top 23% Green-card + work-visa filings 15 filings · last Aug 2018 · Top 23% of 806 in Government · Top 21% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2018
    0.10% Visa filings vs workforce 15 filings / 15,000 employees · FY2008–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 self-reported headcount
    Top 23% Green-card + work-visa filings, Government 15 filings · Top 23% of 806 in Government · FY2008–FY2018
    Top 21% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 15 filings · Top 21% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2018
    5 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2018
    10 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2018
    Top 95% Green-card filings per employee, Government 5 filings / 15,000 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 95% of 373 in Government with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2018
    Top 97% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Government 5 filings / 15,000 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 97% of 373 in Government reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2018
    Top 99% Green-card filings per employee, all US 5 filings / 15,000 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 99% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2018
  • 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.

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

2

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

3

60.0% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

0

0.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications WA STATE DEPT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 2 filingsFY2016 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 1 filings012FY2008FY2016FY2018
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

WA STATE DEPT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES applied to sponsor 5 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2018. 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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