WHATSAPP INC.

114 Green card sponsorships · 309 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2012–FY2026
FEIN 35-2496246 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)
Also filed as WhatsApp WHATSAPP LLC WHATSAPP LLC.
Filing volume Top 1% of all ranked 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
45,686 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
114 Green-card filings 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 on record
309 Work-visa filings 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 ↗ filings on record

What this means for you

One record, five questions. Ask as many as you like.

  • We look at green-card filings denied, filings certified, and filings, FY2024 vs FY2023.
  • Information Technology · est. 45,686 U.S. employees
  • 4% Green-card filings denied 5 of 114 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2026 filings
    5 Green-card filings denied FY2012–FY2026 filings
    53% Green-card filings certified 60 of 114 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2026
    60 Green-card filings certified FY2012–FY2026

    2 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.

  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Every measurement we computed

The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.

423 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2012–FY2026 filings
0.9% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 423 filings / 45,686 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2026 filings
73% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 309 of this employer's 423 · FY2012–FY2026 filings
309 Work-visa filings FY2012–FY2026
0.7% Work-visa filings per employee 309 filings / 45,686 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2026 filings
-29% Green-card filings, FY2024 vs FY2023 5 vs 7
27% Green-card filings, share of all filings 114 of this employer's 423 · FY2012–FY2026 filings
114 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2026
0.2% Green-card filings per employee 114 filings / 45,686 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2026 filings

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 →

60 Certified green-card approvals · FY2012–FY2026
41 Expired 40.6% rate · FY2012–FY2026
5 Denied 4.4% rate · FY2012–FY2026
8 Withdrawn 7.0% rate · FY2012–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications WHATSAPP INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2015 Q4: 1 filingsFY2016 Q2: 2 filingsFY2016 Q3: 2 filingsFY2016 Q4: 2 filingsFY2017 Q1: 4 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 2 filingsFY2017 Q4: 3 filingsFY2018 Q1: 2 filingsFY2018 Q2: 5 filingsFY2018 Q3: 11 filingsFY2018 Q4: 5 filingsFY2019 Q1: 30 filingsFY2020 Q1: 3 filingsFY2020 Q2: 5 filingsFY2020 Q3: 10 filingsFY2020 Q4: 2 filingsFY2021 Q1: 3 filingsFY2021 Q3: 2 filingsFY2022 Q1: 4 filingsFY2022 Q2: 2 filingsFY2022 Q4: 1 filingsFY2023 Q3: 3 filingsFY2023 Q4: 4 filingsFY2024 Q1: 2 filingsFY2024 Q4: 3 filings01530FY2015FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2022FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Data through FY2026

What this means

WHATSAPP INC. applied to sponsor 114 workers for green cards between 2012 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.

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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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