WEST GAINES SEED INC

11 Green card sponsorships · 0 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2019–FY2022
Filing volume Top 12% 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
85 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2022
12.9% Green-card sponsorship rate 11 green-card filings / 85 employees · FY2019–FY2022 filings vs FY2022 headcount
0.0% Work-visa filing rate 0 work-visa filings / 85 employees · FY2019–FY2022 filings vs FY2022 headcount
12.9% Visa filings vs workforce 11 filings / 85 employees · FY2019–FY2022 filings vs FY2022 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Manufacturing · est. 85 U.S. employees
  • 18% Green-card filings certified 2 of 11 green-card filings · last filed Sep 2022 · FY2019–FY2022
    8 Green-card filings denied of 11 green-card filings · FY2019–FY2022 filings
    1 Green-card filings withdrawn of 11 green-card filings · FY2019–FY2022 filings
    Top 18% Green-card + work-visa filings 11 filings · last Sep 2022 · Top 18% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · Top 12% of 332,896 US employers · FY2019–FY2022
    13% Visa filings vs workforce 11 filings / 85 employees · FY2019–FY2022 filings vs FY2022 self-reported headcount
    0% Trend vs last year FY2022 5 vs FY2020 5
    Top 18% Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 11 filings · Top 18% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2019–FY2022
    Top 12% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 11 filings · Top 12% of 332,896 US employers · FY2019–FY2022
    11 Green-card filings FY2019–FY2022
    Top 24% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 11 filings / 85 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 24% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2019–FY2022
    Top 38% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 11 filings / 85 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 38% of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2019–FY2022
    Top 46% Green-card filings per employee, all US 11 filings / 85 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 46% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2019–FY2022
  • 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

0

0.0% rate

Denied

8

72.7% rate

Withdrawn

1

9.1% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications WEST GAINES SEED INC has filed each quarter, from FY2019 to today.

FY2019 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q3: 5 filingsFY2022 Q1: 1 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filingsFY2022 Q4: 3 filings025FY2019FY2022
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

WEST GAINES SEED INC applied to sponsor 11 workers for green cards between 2019 and 2022. 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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