WAYNE FARMS LLC

3,487 Green card sponsorships · 7 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2012–FY2025
Filing volume #127 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
9,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
38.7% Green-card sponsorship rate 3,487 green-card filings / 9,000 employees · FY2012–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
0.078% Work-visa filing rate 7 work-visa filings / 9,000 employees · FY2012–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
38.8% Visa filings vs workforce 3,494 filings / 9,000 employees · FY2012–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Manufacturing · est. 9,000 U.S. employees
  • 44% Green-card filings certified 1,520 of 3,487 green-card filings · last filed Sep 2025 · FY2012–FY2025
    375 Green-card filings denied of 3,487 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2025 filings
    546 Green-card filings withdrawn of 3,487 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2025 filings
    #17 Green-card + work-visa filings 3,494 filings · last Sep 2025 · #17 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · #127 of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2025
    39% Visa filings vs workforce 3,494 filings / 9,000 employees · FY2012–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    -100% Trend vs last year FY2025 1 vs FY2024 784
    #17 Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 3,494 filings · #17 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2012–FY2025
    #127 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 3,494 filings · #127 of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2025
    3,487 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2025
    7 Work-visa filings FY2012–FY2025
    Top 9% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 3,487 filings / 9,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 9% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2025
    Top 16% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 3,492 filings / 9,000 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 16% of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2012–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.4%, 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.
Recruitment geography concentration

96% of 2,516 PERM filings list VIETNAM as country of citizenship (HHI 9,224)

Immigration How this is calculated →
Work location vs filing location wage differential

33% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (831 of 2,516 filings)

Worksite differs
33% (831)
Same state
67% (1,685)

Employer primary state: GEORGIA · Most common remote worksite: NORTH CAROLINA

Immigration How this is calculated →
Wage level concentration

100% of PERM filings at Level I (entry) prevailing wage vs 12% industry median

Level I
100% (225)
Level II
0% (0)
Level III
0% (0)
Level IV
0% (0)

Industry median Level I share: 11.6% · 90th percentile: 100.0%

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

1,520

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

1,046

40.8% rate

Denied

375

10.8% rate

Withdrawn

546

15.7% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications WAYNE FARMS LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 17 filingsFY2016 Q2: 63 filingsFY2016 Q3: 194 filingsFY2016 Q4: 146 filingsFY2017 Q1: 91 filingsFY2017 Q2: 97 filingsFY2017 Q3: 152 filingsFY2017 Q4: 23 filingsFY2018 Q1: 2 filingsFY2018 Q2: 89 filingsFY2018 Q3: 22 filingsFY2018 Q4: 182 filingsFY2019 Q1: 118 filingsFY2020 Q1: 21 filingsFY2020 Q2: 16 filingsFY2020 Q3: 51 filingsFY2020 Q4: 75 filingsFY2021 Q1: 17 filingsFY2021 Q2: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1 filingsFY2021 Q4: 12 filingsFY2022 Q1: 6 filingsFY2022 Q2: 32 filingsFY2022 Q3: 16 filingsFY2022 Q4: 25 filingsFY2023 Q1: 98 filingsFY2023 Q2: 309 filingsFY2023 Q3: 319 filingsFY2023 Q4: 506 filingsFY2024 Q1: 126 filingsFY2024 Q2: 376 filingsFY2024 Q3: 221 filingsFY2024 Q4: 61 filingsFY2025 Q1: 1 filings0253506FY2012FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

WAYNE FARMS LLC applied to sponsor 3,487 workers for green cards between 2012 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

WAYNE FARMS LLC has filed 5 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.

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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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