WAL-MART STORES INC.

95 Green card sponsorships · 2 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2013
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
Employee count unavailable - public companies (SEC) and 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 ↗ -self-reporting employers only

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade
  • 6% Green-card filings certified 6 of 95 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2013
    8 Green-card filings denied of 95 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2013 filings
    6 Green-card filings withdrawn of 95 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2013 filings
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings 97 filings · Top 2% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2013
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 97 filings · Top 2% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2013
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 97 filings · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2013
    95 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2013
    2 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2013
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.6%, 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.
Work location vs filing location wage differential

79% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (75 of 95 filings)

Worksite differs
79% (75)
Same state
21% (20)

Employer primary state: AR · Most common remote worksite: CA

Immigration How this is calculated →
Wage level concentration

67% of PERM filings at Level I (entry) prevailing wage vs 10% industry median

Level I
67% (64)
Level II
18% (18)
Level III
12% (12)
Level IV
1% (1)

Industry median Level I share: 10.0% · 90th percentile: 55.8%

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

74% of 95 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 5,519)

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

6

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

75

92.6% rate

Denied

8

8.4% rate

Withdrawn

6

6.3% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications WAL-MART STORES INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008: 28 filingsFY2009: 46 filingsFY2010: 19 filingsFY2011: 1 filingsFY2013: 1 filings02346FY2008FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2013
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

WAL-MART STORES INC. applied to sponsor 95 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2013. 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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