Updated
PERM sponsor, #6,044 of 70,985 by filings
Southwest Nursery and Supply, LLC
- Main job
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse · 50% of its filings
- Main worksite
- Carrollton, TX · 100% of its filings
- Industry
- Nursery and Floriculture Production · NAICS 11142
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- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
Too few cases for a rate
7 decided filings: too few for an approval rate.
Why
Across every PERM case DOL decided in this window, 3.20% were denied. At that rate a file this size comes back clean most of the time whatever the sponsor did, so a percentage would be a fact about how few cases there are. Telling a clean record apart from the field takes about 117 decided cases.
Filings
8
#6,044 of 70,985
Certified
7
0 denied
Approval
Not shown
withheld: 7 decided
Median wage
$32,427
offered, per year
Median days
462
middle of 7 decided
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 5 of their cases in the live tracker are closed.
Follow Southwest Nursery and Supply, LLC
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 79,928 cases, and would be decided around March 24, 2027 (between March 4, 2027 and May 3, 2027). Estimate another date
Every program
Across DOL's programs
The wage request, the PERM and the H-1B labor condition application, and its seasonal H-2A, H-2B and CW-1 work, one line each.
- PERM (green card)
- 8 published
- 0 pending
- 8 wages, under the floor
- Prevailing wage requests
- 7 published
- 0 pending
- 6 wages, under the floor
- H-1B labor condition applications
- 0 published
- 0 pending
- no wage published
- H-2A, H-2B and CW-1 (seasonal work)
- 3 published
- 2 pending
- 3 hourly wages, under the floor
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 2 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. Seasonal wages stay hourly, as DOL's H-2A, H-2B and CW-1 files quote them: a job lasting a season, annualised over a full year, would describe pay nobody earns. DOL certified 38 workers across these filings.
Its newest wage requests and LCAs
Filed by Southwest Nursery and Supply, LLC, newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.
Wage requests
- P-100-23142-043533 Nursery Worker $23,858 per year 2023-05-22 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-22062-948482 Nursery Workers 2022-03-03 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
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.
Seasonal work: H-2A, H-2B and CW-1
Filed by Southwest Nursery and Supply, LLC, as DOL's case-status service shows them.
- P-400-26197-103732 H-2B wage request Plant Nursery Laborer 2026-07-16 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- H-400-26184-077565 H-2B application Plant Nursery Laborer 2026-07-03 · FULL CERTIFICATION
- P-400-26118-843129 H-2B wage request Plant Nursery Laborer 2026-04-28 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- H-400-25307-358864 H-2B application Plant Nursery Laborer 2025-11-03 · FULL CERTIFICATION
- P-400-25195-173148 H-2B wage request Plant Nursery Laborer 2025-07-14 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
Against other sponsors
Where it sits among 70,985 sponsors. The full ranking sorts every column.
Approval rate
not shownunder 30 decided
Median days to decision
462 daysmiddle of 7 decided, too few to rank
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. More
Against the sponsors ranked nearest
The 120 sponsors ranked nearest filed 8 filings each.
- Their median wait
- 468 days
- This one
- 462 days
This one sits 6 days ahead of 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 6,044 of 70,985 by volume: 6,043 filed at least as many filings, and 64,941 filed no more.
- Just above
- Rx Savings, LLC 8 filings
- Just below
- WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 8 filings
Sponsors filing at the same rate
Ranked either side of this one: they file about as many PERM cases.
- #6,043 Rx Savings, LLC 8 filings · none denied
- #6,045 WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 8 filings · none denied
- #6,042 Saggezza, Inc. 8 filings · none denied
- #6,046 HELENA R, LLC 8 filings · none denied
- #6,041 TELEFLEX LLC 8 filings · none denied
- #6,047 American Institutes for Research 8 filings · none denied
Sponsors hiring for the same work
The employers filing the most PERM cases for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse, the occupation this sponsor files for most.
- #64 NATURE'S WAY FARMS, LLC 530 filings · none denied
- #3,723 Flores Farm 12 filings · 6 denied
- #4,195 Elhannon Wholesale Nursery, Inc. 11 filings · none denied
- #4,955 Cornerstone Farm 10 filings · 10 denied
- #4,803 Gabrielsen Farms, LLC 10 filings · none denied
- #4,841 Native Texas Growers, Ltd. 10 filings · none denied
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
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
SOC 45-2092.00 · 4 filings, 50% of everything they file
- Nursery Worker 45-20923
How this is counted
These are the 2 occupations with the most filings, 7 of 8 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
Nursery and Floriculture Production
NAICS 11142 · 8 filings
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 8
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. This state covers 8 of 8 filings.
Where the work is
- Carrollton, TX 8
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. This city covers 8 of 8 filings.
Who files for them
- Action International, Inc. 8 filings
How this is counted
The law firm named on the application. 8 of 8 filings, 100% of the total.
Newspapers it advertised in
- 5 cases
Plano Star Courier
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.
How long before filing it began
- 0.0%
Under 30 days
- 0.0%
30 to 59 days
- 100%
60 to 89 days
- 0.0%
90 to 119 days
- 0.0%
120 to 149 days
- 0.0%
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 2020
31 PERM decisions from FY2020 to FY2025, busiest in FY2020 with 13.
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years, October to September. A year filed under another name is missing, not zero. FY2025 is partial: DOL's newest file runs through June 2026.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| FY2021 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Decided in FY2016 to FY2023
All 23. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.
| Case | Decided | Outcome | Job | Offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-20269-04117 | 2021-08-19 | certified | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
| A-20269-04110 | 2021-08-19 | certified | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
| A-20269-04106 | 2021-08-19 | certified | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
| A-20269-04100 | 2021-08-19 | certified | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
| A-20269-04026 | 2021-08-19 | certified | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
| A-20268-03678 | 2021-05-04 | certified | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
| A-20268-03658 | 2021-05-04 | certified | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
| A-20272-04822 | 2021-04-29 | certified | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
The other 15
| A-19336-89489 | 2020-10-21 | certified | Carrollton, TX | $29,600 |
| A-19336-89474 | 2020-10-21 | certified | Carrollton, TX | $29,600 |
| A-20268-03645 | 2020-09-28 | withdrawn | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
| A-20268-03673 | 2020-09-24 | withdrawn | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
| A-20268-03624 | 2020-09-24 | withdrawn | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
| A-20268-03585 | 2020-09-24 | withdrawn | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
| A-20268-03584 | 2020-09-24 | withdrawn | Nursery Supervisor, TX | $30,805 |
| A-19336-89491 | 2020-04-28 | denied | Carrollton, TX | $29,600 |
| A-19336-89482 | 2020-04-28 | denied | Carrollton, TX | $29,600 |
| A-19336-89466 | 2020-04-28 | denied | Carrollton, TX | $29,600 |
| A-19336-89456 | 2020-04-28 | denied | Carrollton, TX | $29,600 |
| A-19336-89424 | 2020-04-28 | denied | Carrollton, TX | $29,600 |
| A-19336-89419 | 2020-04-28 | denied | Carrollton, TX | $29,600 |
| A-19336-89413 | 2020-04-28 | denied | Carrollton, TX | $29,600 |
| A-19336-89380 | 2020-04-28 | denied | Carrollton, TX | $29,600 |
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
- Mexico 23
Worker's education
- None 23
Visa held when filed
- H-2B 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 Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse, 4 of 8. 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 8 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 6,044. 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 7 decided cases
- That’s a middle of a handful, and it moves entirely with which months those few cases were filed in.
- 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.