WEST LIBERTY FOODS, LLC

531 Green card sponsorships · 0 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2022–FY2025
Filing volume Top 1% 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
2,500 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
21.2% Green-card sponsorship rate 531 green-card filings / 2,500 employees · FY2022–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
0.0% Work-visa filing rate 0 work-visa filings / 2,500 employees · FY2022–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
21.2% Visa filings vs workforce 531 filings / 2,500 employees · FY2022–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Manufacturing · est. 2,500 U.S. employees
  • 34% Green-card filings certified 181 of 531 green-card filings · last filed Mar 2025 · FY2022–FY2025
    0 Green-card filings denied of 531 green-card filings · FY2022–FY2025 filings
    119 Green-card filings withdrawn of 531 green-card filings · FY2022–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings 531 filings · last Mar 2025 · Top 1% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2022–FY2025
    21% Visa filings vs workforce 531 filings / 2,500 employees · FY2022–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    -96% Trend vs last year FY2025 5 vs FY2024 129
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 531 filings · Top 1% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2022–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 531 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2022–FY2025
    531 Green-card filings FY2022–FY2025
    Top 16% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 531 filings / 2,500 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 16% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2022–FY2025
    Top 27% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 531 filings / 2,500 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 27% of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2022–FY2025
    Top 34% Green-card filings per employee, all US 531 filings / 2,500 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 34% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2022–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.
Work location vs filing location wage differential

37% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (196 of 531 filings)

Worksite differs
37% (196)
Same state
63% (335)

Employer primary state: IOWA · Most common remote worksite: ILLINOIS

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

181

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

231

56.1% rate

Denied

0

0.0% rate

Withdrawn

119

22.4% rate

Seasonal worker visas

2

filings linked

Filings over time

How many green card applications WEST LIBERTY FOODS, LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2022 to today.

FY2022 Q3: 17 filingsFY2022 Q4: 5 filingsFY2023 Q2: 194 filingsFY2023 Q3: 135 filingsFY2023 Q4: 46 filingsFY2024 Q1: 34 filingsFY2024 Q2: 95 filingsFY2025 Q1: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 4 filings097194FY2022FY2024FY2025
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

WEST LIBERTY FOODS, LLC applied to sponsor 531 workers for green cards between 2022 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

WEST LIBERTY FOODS, LLC has filed 2 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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