Does WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC sponsor green cards?

WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC has 239 PERM (green-card) filings with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC sponsor?

WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC has 652 LCA (work-visa) filings, the Department of Labor step before an H-1B or other non-immigrant worker petition to USCIS.

What is WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC's government approval rate?

Across 239 PERM filings, WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC has a U.S. Department of Labor approval rate of 99.9% (denial rate 0.1%).

How long has WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC been filing with the U.S. Department of Labor?

Public DOL records for WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC cover fiscal years 2008 through 2026.

WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC

239 Green card sponsorships · 652 Temporary work filings · Healthcare · FY2008–FY2026

FEIN 33-0065869 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)

Also filed as Western Dental Services Western Dental Services Inc. Western Dental Services, Inc.

4,700 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025

239 Green-card filings PERM 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 jobI-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 ↗ filings on record

652 Work-visa filings LCA 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 DOLCap 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 ↗ filings on record

$133,000 Median offered wage FY2024 n=5 PERM 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 jobI-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 ↗ filings · DENTIST (29-1021)

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Healthcare · est. 4,700 U.S. employees
891 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings

No percentile or rank — we rank green-card and work-visa filings per employee separately; No share — the combined total is all of this employer's filings, so it is not a share of them.

+39% Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024 FY2025 vs FY2024 · work-visa filings in each complete year

No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — a change between two years is not a count.

-80% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 1 vs 5 · FY2026 to date: 5

No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — the two yearly counts behind the change are printed on the card itself.
Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% of 255 state-year cells < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
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0.0% Work-visa filings, denied 0 of 82 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 0.3% · US 0.7% · #33 of 239 in Healthcare · #713 of 5,111 in US (per employee)

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

0.0% Green-card filings, denied 0 of 15 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 10.3% · US 4.1%

No count — the count is printed on the share card; no per-employee rank — 15 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

100.0% Work-visa filings, certified 82 of 82 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 90.9% · US 91.9% · #116 of 239 in Healthcare · #4,080 of 5,111 in US (per employee)

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

100.0% Green-card filings, certified 15 of 15 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 84.2% · US 91.6%

No count — the count is printed on the share card; no per-employee rank — 15 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

0.0% Work-visa filings, certified-withdrawn 0 of 82 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 6.6% · US 5.8%

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0.0% Work-visa filings, withdrawn 0 of 82 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 2.2% · US 1.7%

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0.0% Green-card filings, withdrawn 0 of 15 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 5.6% · US 4.3%

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891 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings

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FY2026 Last work-visa filing

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FY2026 Last green-card filing

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+39% Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024 FY2025 vs FY2024 · work-visa filings in each complete year

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0.64 per 100 employees Work-visa filings per employee 82 filings · mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.68Healthcare 0.66 · US 4.8 · #122 of 239 in Healthcare · #4,182 of 5,111 in US (per employee)

-80% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 1 vs 5 · FY2026 to date: 5

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15 Green-card filings FY2023-FY2025

No per-employee rank — 15 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

2.7:1 Temp-to-perm 652 work visas / 239 green cards · FY2008–FY2026

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$83,803 Median wage, Dentists, General FY2008–FY2026

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0.0% Work-visa filings, denied 0 of 82 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 0.3% · US 0.7% · #33 of 239 in Healthcare · #713 of 5,111 in US (per employee)

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

0.0% Green-card filings, denied 0 of 15 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 10.3% · US 4.1%

No count — the count is printed on the share card; no per-employee rank — 15 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

100.0% Work-visa filings, certified 82 of 82 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 90.9% · US 91.9% · #116 of 239 in Healthcare · #4,080 of 5,111 in US (per employee)

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

100.0% Green-card filings, certified 15 of 15 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 84.2% · US 91.6%

No count — the count is printed on the share card; no per-employee rank — 15 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

0.0% Work-visa filings, certified-withdrawn 0 of 82 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 6.6% · US 5.8%

No percentile or rank — we rank certified and denied filings per employee, not this outcome; No count — the count is printed on the share card.

0.0% Work-visa filings, withdrawn 0 of 82 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 2.2% · US 1.7%

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0.0% Green-card filings, withdrawn 0 of 15 filings · FY2023-FY2025Healthcare 5.6% · US 4.3%

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891 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings

No percentile or rank — we rank green-card and work-visa filings per employee separately; No share — the combined total is all of this employer's filings, so it is not a share of them.

+39% Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024 FY2025 vs FY2024 · work-visa filings in each complete year

No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — a change between two years is not a count.

0.64 per 100 employees Work-visa filings per employee 82 filings · mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.68Healthcare 0.66 · US 4.8 · #122 of 239 in Healthcare · #4,182 of 5,111 in US (per employee)

-80% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 1 vs 5 · FY2026 to date: 5

No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — the two yearly counts behind the change are printed on the card itself.

15 Green-card filings FY2023-FY2025

No per-employee rank — 15 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

Public record data. PERM 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 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 →

205 Certified green-card filings certified · FY2008–FY2026

29 Denied 12.1% rate · FY2008–FY2026

5 Withdrawn 2.1% rate · FY2008–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green-card filings WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

What this means

WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC applied to sponsor 239 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2026. 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

WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC has filed 4 WARN 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.

Offered wages on this employer’s filings

Median annual wage this employer offered, by occupation and fiscal year, over its own PERM 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 ↗ filings — beside the prevailing wage the U.S. Department of Labor determined on the same filings. Two separate figures, never a ratio. Hourly, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly wages are converted to an annual figure using the unit DOL printed for that wage. Methodology →

Median offered and prevailing annual wages by occupation and fiscal year. Sortable by occupation, fiscal year and filing count only.
Occupation	Fiscal year	Green-card filings	Median offered	Median prevailing	Wage level
DENTIST 29-1021	FY2024	5	$133,000median of 5 filings	$123,427median of 5 filings	Level I
DENTIST 29-1021	FY2023	8	$130,000median of 8 filings	$102,107median of 8 filings	Level I
DENTIST 29-1021	FY2022	11	$130,000median of 11 filings	$90,230median of 11 filings	Level I
DENTIST 29-1021	FY2021	16	$130,000median of 16 filings	$79,820median of 16 filings	Level I
DENTIST 29-1021	FY2020	31	$130,000median of 31 filings	$81,016median of 31 filings	Level I
DENTIST 29-1021	FY2019	13	$130,000median of 13 filings	$73,112median of 13 filings	Level I
DENTIST 29-1021	FY2018	17	$130,000median of 17 filings	$84,323median of 17 filings	Level I
DENTIST 29-1021	FY2017	16	$110,000median of 16 filings	$71,469median of 16 filings	Level I
DENTIST 29-1021	FY2016	13	$136,500median of 13 filings	$90,418median of 13 filings	Level I
Dentists, General 29-1021.00	FY2012	6	$116,000median of 6 filings	$115,461median of 6 filings	Level I
Dentists, General 29-1021.00	FY2011	30	$108,000median of 30 filings	$106,642median of 30 filings	Level I
Dentists, General 29-1021.00	FY2010	15	$104,000median of 15 filings	$100,838median of 15 filings	Level I
Dentists, General 29-1021.00	FY2009	14	$108,160median of 14 filings	$100,818median of 14 filings	Level I
Dentists, General 29-1021.00	FY2008	15	$104,000median of 15 filings	$86,570median of 15 filings	LEVEL I

“Not reported” means the Department of Labor published no such figure on those filings — from FY2025 its PERM 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 ↗ disclosure file carries the employer’s offered wage only, with no prevailing-wage determination and no wage level. It does not mean the figure is unknown to us; it means DOL did not publish one.

Wage & Hour Enforcement

Source: DOL Wage & Hour Division WHISARD concluded compliance actions since FY2005. Back wages, civil money penalties, and employees affected, broken down by statute (FLSA, H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ , H-2A, H-2B, SCA, Davis-Bacon, FMLA). Data mirrored nightly from the WHISARD dataset.

Back wages owed

$10,277

Enforcement actions

Employees affected

H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ back wages

Enforcement actions (most recent first)

Case ID	Findings date	Location	Back wages	H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ portion	Employees	Statutes
1628365	2011-09-22	Orange, CA	$10,277	$0	10	FLSA, FLSA_OT

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