Note: To obtain employment based green card in United States, most foreign workers will have to go through 3 steps: 1). Permanent Labor Certification(ETA Form 9089), 2). Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker(Form I-140), 3). Adjust of Status to a permanent resident of the United States(Form I485).

Above 2011 Green Card reports are based on 81,412 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM system to National Processing Centers for Green Card by US employers in fiscal year 2010. Green Card sponsors have been categorized by Case Status, Beneficiary Citizenship, Beneficiary Visa Status, Job Title, Occupation, Work State, and Work City. More reports will be added in coming weeks. Please contact us if you have any questions or requests.

Before the U.S. employer can submit an immigration petition to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. employer usually must obtain an approved permanent labor certification request from the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) at Department of Labor(DOL).

A permanent labor certification issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) allows an employer to hire a foreign worker to work permanently in the United States. Once received (if required), the employer then files an Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, Form I-140, with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the appropriate employment-based preference category.

The Department of Labor must certify to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that 1). there are no qualified Americian workers(U.S. Citizens or permanent residents) able, willing, qualified and available to accept the job at the prevailing wage for that occupation in the area of intended employment, 2) employment of the alien will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed American workers, like U.S. citizents or permanent residents.

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