WOODWARD GOVERNOR COMPANY

18 Green card sponsorships · 8 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2010–FY2021
Filing volume Top 9% 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
6,900 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2021
0.26% Green-card sponsorship rate 18 green-card filings / 6,900 employees · FY2010–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount
0.12% Work-visa filing rate 8 work-visa filings / 6,900 employees · FY2010–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount
0.38% Visa filings vs workforce 26 filings / 6,900 employees · FY2010–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Manufacturing · est. 6,900 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 18 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2021 filings
    56% Green-card filings certified 10 of 18 green-card filings · last filed Jul 2021 · FY2010–FY2021
    Jul 2021 Last filing
    0.38% Visa filings vs workforce 26 filings / 6,900 employees · FY2010–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 self-reported headcount
    Top 13% Green-card + work-visa filings 26 filings · last Jul 2021 · Top 13% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · Top 9% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2021
    Top 9% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 26 filings · Top 9% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2021
    18 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2021
    8 Work-visa filings FY2010–FY2021
    Top 91% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 18 filings / 6,900 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 91% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2021
    Top 95% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 18 filings / 6,900 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 95% of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2010–FY2021
    Top 96% Green-card filings per employee, all US 18 filings / 6,900 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 96% of 115,208 US employers with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2021
  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.6% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. 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 →

10 Certified green-card approvals · FY2010–FY2021
8 Expired 44.4% rate · FY2010–FY2021
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2010–FY2021
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2010–FY2021

Filings over time

How many green card applications WOODWARD GOVERNOR COMPANY has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010 Q1: 2 filingsFY2011 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q2: 2 filingsFY2016 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 2 filingsFY2018 Q4: 2 filingsFY2019 Q1: 3 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1 filingsFY2021 Q4: 1 filings013FY2010FY2011FY2015FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

WOODWARD GOVERNOR COMPANY applied to sponsor 18 workers for green cards between 2010 and 2021. 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

WOODWARD GOVERNOR COMPANY has filed 1 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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