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YAHOO! INC.

2,005 Green card sponsorships · 4,984 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2008–FY2018
Filing volume Top 0.1% 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
9,012 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2018
22.2% Green-card sponsorship rate 2,005 green-card filings / 9,012 employees · FY2008–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount
55.3% Work-visa filing rate 4,984 work-visa filings / 9,012 employees · FY2008–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount
77.6% Visa filings vs workforce 6,989 filings / 9,012 employees · FY2008–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Information Technology · est. 9,012 U.S. employees
  • 31% Green-card filings certified 619 of 2,005 green-card filings · last filed Sep 2018 · FY2008–FY2018
    173 Green-card filings denied of 2,005 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2018 filings
    97 Green-card filings withdrawn of 2,005 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2018 filings
    #24 Green-card + work-visa filings 6,989 filings · last Sep 2018 · #24 of 7,239 in Information Technology · Top 0.1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2018
    78% Visa filings vs workforce 6,989 filings / 9,012 employees · FY2008–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 self-reported headcount
    -94% Trend vs last year FY2018 10 vs FY2017 156
    #24 Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 6,989 filings · #24 of 7,239 in Information Technology · FY2008–FY2018
    Top 0.1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 6,989 filings · Top 0.1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2018
    2,005 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2018
    4,984 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2018
    Top 21% Green-card filings per employee, Information Technology 2,005 filings / 9,012 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 21% of 4,593 in Information Technology with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2018
    Top 46% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Information Technology 2,057 filings / 9,012 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 46% of 4,593 in Information Technology reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2018
  • 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.
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 488 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to INDIA | PERM: 530 filings from INDIA

Temporal How this is calculated →
Elevated denial rate

19.6% PERM denial rate vs 0.9% industry median (157 denied of 799 decided)

This employer
19.6%
Industry median
0.9%
Industry p90
6.9%
Immigration How this is calculated →
Continued filing after wage enforcement action

DOL WHD found $15,161 in H-1B wage underpayment; employer subsequently received 52 approved LCA filings

DOL Back wages — Wage & Hour Division FLSA findings Money owed to workers after a DOL wage-and-hour investigation or settlementCivil, not criminal; includes settlements + PAID self-reports; back wages ≠ fines. Use this label rather than the colloquial criminal-sounding one (§3)Official source ↗ findings
$15,161 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 ↗ back wages
1 workers affected
1 case (latest 2012-07-26)
DOL OFLC — Office of Foreign Labor Certification / FLAG filing portal The DOL office + website handling these certificationsDOL, not DHS; FLAG handles labor certs, not visasOfficial source ↗ certifications after
52 approved 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
Safety 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

619

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

1,116

64.3% rate

Denied

173

8.6% rate

Withdrawn

97

4.8% rate

Filings over time

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

FY2008 Q1: 182 filingsFY2009 Q1: 57 filingsFY2010 Q1: 48 filingsFY2011 Q1: 137 filingsFY2012 Q1: 237 filingsFY2013 Q1: 192 filingsFY2015 Q1: 66 filingsFY2015 Q2: 55 filingsFY2015 Q3: 37 filingsFY2015 Q4: 87 filingsFY2016 Q1: 109 filingsFY2016 Q2: 347 filingsFY2016 Q3: 223 filingsFY2016 Q4: 62 filingsFY2017 Q1: 38 filingsFY2017 Q2: 47 filingsFY2017 Q3: 50 filingsFY2017 Q4: 21 filingsFY2018 Q1: 8 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 1 filings0173347FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

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 — 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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