Updated
PERM sponsor, #1,111 of 70,985 by filings
Infinera Corporation
- Main job
- Software Developers · 49% of its filings
- Main worksite
- Richardson, TX · 43% of its filings
- Industry
- Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing · NAICS 334210
Waiting on a case with Infinera Corporation?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
This rate is level with the field
Over 36 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.
Why
The 95% interval runs up to a 14.2% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.
Filings
37
#1,111 of 70,985
Certified
35
1 denied
Approval
97.2%
field 96.8%
Median wage
$147,000
offered, per year
Median days
469
3 slower than the field
Right now
DOL's live record of its cases, read every day, and what it has done to them as a group.
Nothing for this sponsor is waiting on a decision. All 29 of their cases in the live tracker are closed.
Follow Infinera Corporation
An email when DOL moves its cases as a group: five or more on or off hold in a day, or a batch decided well above its usual pace.
What DOL has done to its cases as a group
Nothing employer-wide since this site's record began on August 27, 2026.
How long it takes
How long their cases are taking
- 301 days
Every employer
median of 32,341 decisions in the same 90 days
None of their cases were decided in the last 90 days, too few for a median of their own. Filing to decision, over decisions we watched DOL make; withdrawals left out.
Filed today: a new case joins the same line as anyone's, behind 79,663 cases, and would be decided around March 21, 2027 (between March 1, 2027 and April 30, 2027). Estimate another date
Every program
Across DOL's programs
The wage request, the PERM and the H-1B labor condition application, one line each.
- PERM (green card)
- 37 published
- 0 pending
- $147,000 median, n=37
- Prevailing wage requests
- 33 published
- 0 pending
- $139,464 median, n=33
- H-1B labor condition applications
- 223 published
- 0 pending
- $145,000 median, n=223
Its median H-1B wage ($145,000 across 223 LCAs) and its median PERM wage ($147,000 across 37 cases) are within 2% of each other.
Every case across these programs is in the search.
How these are counted
Medians are of the published rows with a usable wage, annualised from whatever unit the filing quoted, and withheld under 10 wages. DOL publishes no employer number, so filings are matched by the employer's legal name, read under the 3 spellings DOL's files use for it; another employer with the same legal name would be counted here too. The PERM is the green-card step; the wage request comes months before it, and the LCA is the separate form for an H-1B. DOL publishes each in its own file, and its live record shows what is still open.
Its newest wage requests and LCAs
Filed by Infinera Corporation, newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.
Wage requests
- P-100-25193-170722 Staff Product Marketing Specialist/Manager $349,190 per year 2025-07-11 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-25091-818143 Senior Sales Account Director $198,702 per year 2025-04-01 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-25024-640902 Hardware Development Engineer 2 $124,228 per year 2025-01-24 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24314-465044 Firmware Engineer $141,981 per year 2024-11-08 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24277-384773 Senior Software Engineer $146,307 per year 2024-10-03 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
H-1B LCAs
- I-200-25163-083606 Staff Product Marketing Specialist/Manager $173,649 per year 2025-06-12 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-25154-048753 Senior Hardware Development Engineer $109,990 per year 2025-06-03 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-25154-048468 Hardware Development Engineer 2 $126,672 per year 2025-06-03 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-25149-030376 Staff Test Engineer $134,400 per year 2025-05-29 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-25140-997164 Senior Hardware Development Engineer $159,065 per year 2025-05-20 · CERTIFIED
Source: DOL's own case-status service, flag.dol.gov, where any of these numbers can be looked up. A filing shows there soon after it's made, months before DOL's quarterly files.
What its H-1B LCAs were for
From DOL's quarterly LCA files: 223 LCAs filed by Infinera Corporation, 199 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.
New hires and transfers
55 positions for new employment, 29 moving here from another employer.
- New employment 7a 55 · 28%
- Change of employer 7e 29 · 15%
- Continuing 7b 89 · 45%
- Change in previous employment 7c 10 · 5%
- Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
- Amended petition 7f 16 · 8%
Shares of the 199 worker positions requested. These are positions on certified LCAs, not people hired: DOL certifies an LCA before any petition, and many are never used.
What each box on the form means
- New employment (7a). Starting with a new employer.
- Change of employer (7e). Moving here from another employer, keeping the visa classification already held.
- Continuing (7b). Staying with the same employer.
- Change in previous employment (7c). Same employer, no material change to the job duties.
- Concurrent employment (7d). Adding this employer while keeping another.
- Amended petition (7f). Same employer, with a material change to the job duties.
Form ETA-9035, Section B, Item 7, in DOL's words from its LCA record layout. One LCA can tick several boxes.
Wage level it chose
- Level I 0 · 0%
- Level II 50 · 39%
- Level III 21 · 16%
- Level IV 58 · 45%
Shares of the 129 certified LCAs that named an OES level. The form asks for the level only when the employer set the wage from the OES survey itself; 70 of 199 used another source, such as a DOL wage determination or another survey. Level I is entry, Level IV fully competent.
What it declared on Section H
- H-1B-dependent
- No
- Found a willful violator
- No
As answered on its newest LCA, filed June 12, 2025. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 207 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 220. Both are the employer's own answers.
What the two answers mean
H-1B-dependent (20 CFR 655.736(a)): 25 or fewer full-time-equivalent employees in the US and more than 7 H-1B workers; 26 to 50 and more than 12; or 51 or more, with H-1B workers equal to at least 15% of them.
Willful violator (655.736(f)): DOL or the Justice Department found a willful failure or a misrepresentation of a material fact in the five years before the LCA was filed.
Either one adds two promises to the employer's LCAs: not to displace US workers, and to recruit US workers before hiring H-1B workers (655.738, 655.739). They don't apply to an LCA used only for exempt workers, paid at least $60,000 a year or holding a related master's degree (655.737). The rule on eCFR
Visas these LCAs support: H-1B 220 · E-3 (Australia) 3. E-3 and H-1B1 use the same LCA as the H-1B.
Against other sponsors
Where it sits among 70,985 sponsors. The full ranking sorts every column.
How it compares with other sponsors
Each figure ranked only among sponsors with enough cases for it to mean something. No single score: they measure different things.
PERM approval rate
97.2% of 36 decided PERM cases
Higher than 15% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.
H-1B LCAs certified in the last 24 months
34 certified in the last 24 months
Higher than 89% of the 27,849 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.
Share of H-1B positions that were transfers
7.3% of 41 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026
Higher than 27% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.
Share of H-1B LCAs at wage level III or IV
43% of 21 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026
Higher than 59% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.
USCIS H-1B approval rate, last 3 fiscal years
100.0% of 58 USCIS decisions
Higher than 80% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.
Approval rate
97.2%ahead of 15%
Median days to decision
469 daysahead of 45%
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. More
Against the sponsors ranked nearest
The 120 sponsors ranked nearest filed between 35 and 39 filings.
- Their median wait
- 466 days
- This one
- 469 days
This one sits 3 days behind them.
Why no approval rate
A band is a slice of the volume ranking rather than a population picked for having enough decided cases, so a band rate would be solid at the top of the list and noise at the bottom, under one heading.
Where this sits in the ranking
Ranked 1,111 of 70,985 by volume: 1,110 filed at least as many filings, and 69,874 filed no more.
- Just above
- CTC Trading Group, LLC 37 filings
- Just below
- MESSENGER SCHERTZ, INC 37 filings
Sponsors filing at the same rate
Ranked either side of this one: they file about as many PERM cases.
- #1,110 CTC Trading Group, LLC 37 filings · 1 denied
- #1,112 MESSENGER SCHERTZ, INC 37 filings · 3 denied
- #1,109 The University of Kansas 37 filings · none denied
- #1,113 Tyler Technologies, Inc. 37 filings · none denied
- #1,108 Complete Landsculpture of Texas, L.P. 37 filings · none denied
- #1,114 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC 37 filings · 1 denied
Sponsors hiring for the same work
The employers filing the most PERM cases for Software Developers, the occupation this sponsor files for most.
What they file, and where
A rank says how much. It says nothing about what the work is, which is the part a job offer from this sponsor turns on.
What the jobs are
SOC 15-1252.00 · 18 filings, 49% of everything they file
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-20724
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072.002
- Mechanical Engineers 17-2141.002
- Business Intelligence Analysts 15-2051.011
- Computer Hardware Engineers 17-2061.001
How this is counted
These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 28 of 37 cases between them. The occupation on a PERM is the SOC code on the form, which is the job as DOL classifies it rather than the job title on the offer. DOL still accepts two SOC vintages, so one job can appear twice under two codes; the code is printed for exactly that reason.
The industry they declared
Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing
NAICS 334210 · 35 filings
- Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing 3344132
How this is counted
The NAICS code the employer entered on the form, with the Census Bureau's title for it. DOL publishes the code alone, and an employer can file under more than one.
Where the jobs are
- Texas 16
- California 14
- Pennsylvania 7
How this is counted
The worksite state on the application, which is where the job is and not where the company is headquartered. Volume by state across everyone is on the state map. These 3 states cover 37 of 37 filings.
Where the work is
- Richardson, TX 16
- San Jose, CA 9
- Allentown, PA 7
- Sunnyvale, CA 5
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 4 cities cover 37 of 37 filings.
Who files for them
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP 37 filings · 97.2% approved
How this is counted
The law firm named on the application. 37 of 37 filings, 100% of the total.
Newspapers it advertised in
- 16 cases
The Dallas Morning News
- 8 cases
The Mercury News
- 5 cases
The Morning Call
How this is counted
The newspaper or professional journal named for each case's two print ads, one count per paper per case, however the filer spelled it.
Additional steps it used
- 29 cases
Job search websites
- 29 cases
Local or ethnic newspapers
- 29 cases
Trade or professional organizations
How this is counted
The steps a professional job needs beyond the job order and the ads, by the number of cases that name each.
How long before filing it began
- 0.0%
Under 30 days
- 0.0%
30 to 59 days
- 6.9%
60 to 89 days
- 14%
90 to 119 days
- 31%
120 to 149 days
- 48%
150 to 180 days
- 0.0%
Over 180 days
How this is counted
Days from the first recruitment step to the filing. 20 C.F.R. § 656.17(e) puts the job order and ads 30 to 180 days before filing.
History
Year by year since 2008
197 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2017 with 22.
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years, October to September. A year filed under another name is missing, not zero. FY2026 is partial: DOL's newest file runs through June 2026.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2012 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
Decided in FY2016 to FY2023
The 25 most recent of 103. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.
| Case | Decided | Outcome | Job | Offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22174-76859 | 2023-05-25 | certified | Senior Test Engineer, CA | $127,000 |
| A-22117-46697 | 2023-03-02 | certified | Hardware Development Engineer 2, PA | $122,590 |
| A-21311-69244 | 2023-02-09 | certified | Sr Principal, SW Develop Engineer, CA | $255,240 |
| A-22202-92893 | 2023-02-06 | withdrawn | Senior Manufacturing Engineer, PA | $98,500 |
| A-22062-18695 | 2022-12-15 | certified | Senior Hardware Development Engineer, PA | $122,590 |
| A-21313-69988 | 2022-11-18 | certified | Senior Hardware Development Engineer, PA | $118,450 |
| A-21344-84556 | 2022-11-01 | certified | Optical Engineer, CA | $127,360 |
| A-22117-46663 | 2022-06-23 | withdrawn | Hardware Development Engineer 2, CA | $124,176 |
The other 17
| A-21301-64686 | 2022-05-31 | certified | Staff Software Development Engineer, CA | $184,080 |
| A-21273-52658 | 2022-05-13 | certified | Senior Firmware Engineer, CA | $157,477 |
| A-21215-26183 | 2022-04-04 | certified | Senior PIC Wafer Process Engineer, CA | $134,720 |
| A-21197-18166 | 2022-04-04 | certified | Staff Firmware Engineer, CA | $170,872 |
| A-21161-99147 | 2022-03-10 | certified | Hardware Development Engineer, PA | $95,940 |
| A-21161-98954 | 2022-03-10 | certified | Senior Info Systems Engineer, TX | $149,198 |
| A-21161-98922 | 2022-03-01 | certified | Senior Sales Operations Analyst, TX | $85,000 |
| A-21043-51583 | 2022-02-11 | certified | Principal, Information Systems Architect, TX | $148,000 |
| A-21161-99033 | 2021-12-16 | certified | Senior Hardware Development Engineer, PA | $100,000 |
| A-21127-83338 | 2021-11-05 | withdrawn | Failure Analysis Engineer, TX | $121,701 |
| A-21076-63221 | 2021-09-15 | certified | Senior Hardware Development Engineer, CA | $141,669 |
| A-21022-44654 | 2021-09-15 | certified | Senior Hardware Development Engineer, CA | $138,445 |
| A-21058-56453 | 2021-08-17 | certified | Hardware Development Engineer, PA | $99,138 |
| A-21033-48063 | 2021-08-04 | certified | ASIC Design Engineer II, CA | $118,450 |
| A-20070-28543 | 2021-06-25 | certified | Staff ASIC Verification Engineer, CA | $182,923 |
| A-20337-27364 | 2021-06-17 | certified | Senior Hardware Development Engineer, CA | $166,026 |
| A-20182-71109 | 2021-05-17 | certified | Staff Systems Programmer, TX | $152,440 |
Who they sponsored, FY2016 to FY2023
From DOL's old form; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. Top six of each.
Country of citizenship
- India 78
- China 11
- Canada 5
- Ghana 1
- Indonesia 1
- Italy 1
Worker's education
- Master's 72
- Bachelor's 23
- Doctorate 7
- None 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 90
- L-1 8
- F-1 3
- TN 2
Schools
- SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY 5
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 5
- SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY 4
- JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 3
- SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY 3
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON 3
Fields of study
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 31
- COMPUTER SCIENCE 10
- COMPUTER ENGINEERING 9
- ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 9
- ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING 7
- COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 5
Notes on these numbers
What these numbers don't say
5 notes
- The wage is the job, not the payer
- Their filings are led by Software Developers, 18 of 37. The median offered wage moves almost entirely with what roles they file. A software developer and a poultry cutter are different numbers wherever they are filed, so this figure is not plotted against the field and no percentile is given for it: that comparison would rank occupation mix and call it pay. Wages by occupation are on the wages page.
- Volume doesn’t change the wait
- DOL works a single national queue, oldest first, whoever filed the case, so these 37 filings bought no priority: a company with four thousand waits exactly as long as one with three.
- The name is a legal entity
- DOL prints whatever went on the form, and here that name ranks 1,111. A group that files through several subsidiaries appears as several rows, and one that files everything through a parent appears once, so a rank is a rank among printed names rather than among companies.
- A median over 36 decided cases
- The queue is national and first in, first out, so this figure follows when the cases were filed as much as it follows the sponsor.
- Two sources, and they do not add up
- The filing counts come from DOL's disclosure files, where every row already carries a decision date, so nothing pending is in them. The queue figures come from a live per-case tracker with its own coverage and its own as-of date. Subtracting one from the other gives a number that means nothing. The worksite on most of these is TX. Where the queue stands overall is on the processing times page.
The window these figures cover: DOL's PERM disclosure files for fiscal years 2024 to 2026, through the third quarter of 2026, 373,939 decided cases. Nothing pending is counted here. How each figure is built
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Employers and firms: Derived from DOL's disclosure files · data through Jun 30, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly load
Per-case statuses: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Oct 24, 2026 · daily
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
Employers and firms: Employers, law firms and occupations ranked from decided cases only.
Per-case statuses: Every PERM case DOL indexes, pending included. No wage, law firm or worksite: DOL reveals those only when a case is published.