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Whole Foods Market Services, Inc.

54 Green card sponsorships · 219 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2018–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
1,487 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
3.6% Green-card sponsorship rate 54 green-card filings / 1,487 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
14.7% Work-visa filing rate 219 work-visa filings / 1,487 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
18.4% Visa filings vs workforce 273 filings / 1,487 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 1,487 U.S. employees
  • 56% Green-card filings certified 30 of 54 green-card filings · last filed Apr 2026 · FY2018–FY2025
    1 Green-card filings denied of 54 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    7 Green-card filings withdrawn of 54 green-card filings · FY2018–FY2025 filings
    #82 Green-card + work-visa filings 273 filings · last Apr 2026 · #82 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2025
    18% Visa filings vs workforce 273 filings / 1,487 employees · FY2018–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    #82 Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 273 filings · #82 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2018–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 273 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2018–FY2025
    54 Green-card filings FY2018–FY2025
    219 Work-visa filings FY2018–FY2025
    Top 49% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 211 filings / 1,487 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 49% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2025
    Top 60% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 265 filings / 1,487 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 60% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2018–FY2025
    Top 84% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 54 filings / 1,487 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 84% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2018–FY2025
  • 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.

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

85% of 34 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 7,318)

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

30

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

16

34.8% rate

Denied

1

1.9% rate

Withdrawn

7

13.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications Whole Foods Market Services, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2018 to today.

FY2019 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q3: 2 filingsFY2021 Q2: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 5 filingsFY2021 Q4: 3 filingsFY2022 Q1: 4 filingsFY2022 Q2: 5 filingsFY2022 Q3: 5 filingsFY2022 Q4: 2 filingsFY2023 Q1: 2 filingsFY2024 Q3: 4 filingsFY2025 Q2: 8 filingsFY2025 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q4: 2 filingsFY2026 Q1: 1 filingsFY2026 Q2: 7 filingsFY2026 Q3: 1 filings048FY2019FY2022FY2023FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Whole Foods Market Services, Inc. applied to sponsor 54 workers for green cards between 2018 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.

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