Does YAHOO! INC. sponsor green cards?

YAHOO! INC. has 2,005 PERM (green-card) filings with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does YAHOO! INC. sponsor?

YAHOO! INC. has 4,984 LCA (work-visa) filings, the Department of Labor step before an H-1B or other non-immigrant worker petition to USCIS.

What is YAHOO! INC.'s government approval rate?

Across 2,005 PERM filings, YAHOO! INC. has a U.S. Department of Labor approval rate of 99.9% (denial rate 0.1%).

How long has YAHOO! INC. been filing with the U.S. Department of Labor?

Public DOL records for YAHOO! INC. cover fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

YAHOO! INC.

2,005 Green card sponsorships · 4,984 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2008–FY2018

9,012 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2018

2,005 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

4,984 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

$122,059 Median offered wage FY2018 n=7 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 · Software Developers, Systems Software (15-1133)

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Information Technology · est. 9,012 U.S. employees
No green-card filings FY2023-FY2025 - last one FY2018

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6,989 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2018 filings

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100% Work-visa filings for full-time roles 2,789 of 2,789 filings that state it · 2,195 filings do not (FY2008/2010/2016 carry no value) · FY2008–FY2018 filings

71% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 4,984 of this employer's 6,989 · FY2008–FY2018 filings

4,984 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2018

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29% Green-card filings, share of all filings 2,005 of this employer's 6,989 · FY2008–FY2018 filings

Sep 2018 Filings

2,005 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2018

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2.5:1 Temp-to-perm 4,984 work visas / 2,005 green cards · FY2008–FY2018

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$115,253 Median wage, Software Developers, Systems Software FY2008–FY2018

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6,989 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2018 filings

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71% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 4,984 of this employer's 6,989 · FY2008–FY2018 filings

4,984 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2018

No year-on-year change — this employer has no work-visa filings in FY2024 or FY2025; no per-employee rank or percentile — no headcount reported in FY2023-FY2025.

29% Green-card filings, share of all filings 2,005 of this employer's 6,989 · FY2008–FY2018 filings

2,005 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2018

No per-employee rank or percentile — no headcount reported in FY2023-FY2025.

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 →

1,735 Certified green-card filings certified · FY2008–FY2018

173 Denied 8.6% rate · FY2008–FY2018

97 Withdrawn 4.8% rate · FY2008–FY2018

Filings over time

How many green-card filings YAHOO! INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

What this means

YAHOO! INC. applied to sponsor 2,005 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2018. 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

YAHOO! INC. has filed 6 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 →

3 further roles in this employer’s most recent complete year are not shown: fewer than five filings per role, which is too few to publish a wage without describing individual people.

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
Software Developers, Systems Software 15-1133	FY2018	7	$122,059median of 7 filings	$122,059median of 7 filings	Level II
Software Developers, Systems Software 15-1133	FY2017	92	$119,350median of 92 filings	$106,913median of 92 filings	Level II
Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 15-1142	FY2017	26	$120,099median of 26 filings	$118,872median of 26 filings	Level IV
Software Developers, Applications 15-1132	FY2017	22	$120,634median of 22 filings	$120,634median of 22 filings	Level II
Software Developers, Systems Software 15-1133	FY2016	408	$115,304median of 408 filings	$115,253median of 408 filings	Level II
Software Developers, Applications 15-1132	FY2016	224	$117,119median of 224 filings	$114,802median of 224 filings	Level II
Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 15-1142	FY2016	42	$120,000median of 42 filings	$111,509median of 42 filings	Level IV
Computer and Information Research Scientists 15-1111	FY2016	11	$130,000median of 11 filings	$89,024median of 11 filings	Level I
Computer Systems Analysts 15-1121	FY2016	11	$122,762median of 11 filings	$110,114median of 11 filings	Level IV
Marketing Managers 11-2021	FY2016	8	$132,500median of 8 filings	$119,535median of 8 filings	Level I
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists* 13-1161	FY2016	6	$97,500median of 6 filings	$64,303median of 6 filings	Level I
Multimedia Artists and Animators 27-1014	FY2016	6	$110,000median of 6 filings	$64,460median of 6 filings	Level I
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021	FY2016	5	$149,178median of 5 filings	$149,178median of 5 filings	Level II
Database Administrators 15-1141	FY2016	5	$121,493median of 5 filings	$121,326median of 5 filings	Level IV
Software Developers, Applications 15-1132	FY2015	114	$125,000median of 114 filings	$113,290median of 114 filings	Level II
Software Developers, Systems Software 15-1133	FY2015	90	$124,000median of 90 filings	$110,782median of 90 filings	Level II
Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 15-1142	FY2015	11	$123,000median of 11 filings	$96,762median of 11 filings	Level III
Database Administrators 15-1141	FY2015	5	$110,000median of 5 filings	$106,509median of 5 filings	Level II
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3021-11-01 00:00:00	FY2015	5	$147,368median of 5 filings	$147,368median of 5 filings	Level III
Computer Software Engineers, Applications 15-1031.00	FY2012	71	$106,208median of 71 filings	$99,653median of 71 filings	Level IV
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software 15-1032.00	FY2012	69	$104,215median of 69 filings	$104,215median of 69 filings	Level II
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1071.00	FY2012	12	$96,503median of 12 filings	$89,966median of 12 filings	Level II
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021.00	FY2012	10	$137,657median of 10 filings	$129,587median of 10 filings	Level II
Computer and Information Scientists, Research 15-1011.00	FY2012	5	$114,222median of 5 filings	$96,179median of 5 filings	Level I
Computer Systems Analysts 15-1051.00	FY2012	5	$113,360median of 5 filings	$100,672median of 5 filings	Level IV
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software 15-1032.00	FY2011	67	$101,021median of 67 filings	$91,166median of 67 filings	Level II
Computer Software Engineers, Applications 15-1031.00	FY2011	14	$104,970median of 14 filings	$86,983median of 14 filings	Level I
Computer and Information Scientists, Research 15-1011.00	FY2011	12	$98,467median of 12 filings	$98,467median of 12 filings	Level I
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021.00	FY2011	11	$137,000median of 11 filings	$121,971median of 11 filings	Level II
Database Administrators 15-1061.00	FY2011	11	$100,000median of 11 filings	$80,192median of 11 filings	Level II
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software 15-1032.00	FY2010	23	$101,021median of 23 filings	$84,885median of 23 filings	Level II
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software 15-1032.00	FY2009	35	$97,944median of 35 filings	$82,160median of 35 filings	Level II
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software 15-1032.00	FY2008	145	$97,760median of 145 filings	$85,363median of 145 filings	LEVEL II
Market Research Analysts 19-3021.00	FY2008	6	$108,401median of 6 filings	$80,257median of 6 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

$15,161

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

$15,161

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
1676629	2012-07-26	Sunnyvale, CA	$15,161	$15,161	1	H1B

USCIS H-1B petition outcomes

Source: USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ 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 ↗ Employer Data Hub. Petition decisions by fiscal year.

H-1B petition decisions as a share of certified work-visa filings

55.0%

2,126 decisions / 3,864 certified LCAs

Total USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ decisions

2,126

2,091 initial approvals, 35 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

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initial approvals per continuing approval, USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ 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 ↗ hub

FY	Initial petitions approved	Initial petitions denied	Renewal petitions approved	Renewal petitions denied	Total
2018	132	11	241	9	393
2017	319	1	263	20	603
2016	212	2	172	0	386
2015	263	1	226	3	493
2014	263	18	302	0	583
2013	113	0	239	0	352
2012	165	0	199	0	364
2011	181	0	259	1	441
2010	224	1	325	1	551
2009	219	1	197	0	417

10 fiscal years of USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ 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 ↗ petition data. Data from USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ 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 ↗ Employer Data Hub.

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