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PERM sponsor, #5,760 of 70,985 by filings
Valero Energy Corporation
- Main job
- Software Developers · 50% of its filings
- Main worksite
- San Antonio, TX · 100% of its filings
- Industry
- Petroleum Refineries · NAICS 324110
Waiting on a case with Valero Energy Corporation?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
Too few cases for a rate
8 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
#5,760 of 70,985
Certified
8
0 denied
Approval
Not shown
withheld: 8 decided
Median wage
$136,620
offered, per year
Median days
412
middle of 8 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 1 of their cases in the live tracker are closed.
Follow Valero Energy 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
- 302 days
Every employer
median of 30,133 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 80,340 cases, and would be decided around March 19, 2027 (between February 27, 2027 and April 28, 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)
- 8 published
- 0 pending
- 8 wages, under the floor
- Prevailing wage requests
- 1 published
- 0 pending
- 1 wage, under the floor
- H-1B labor condition applications
- 105 published
- 0 pending
- $138,000 median, n=105
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; 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 Valero Energy Corporation, newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.
Wage requests
- P-100-24045-719717 Project Manager Enterprise System Development Engineering $191,568 per year 2024-02-14 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-22290-534003 Business Intelligence Support Specialist 2022-10-17 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-22231-428038 Sr Business Systems Design Spec – Ref 2022-08-19 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-22220-403192 Enterprise System Development Engineering Specialist 2022-08-08 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-22217-400870 Enterprise System Development Engineering Specialist 2022-08-05 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
H-1B LCAs
- I-200-24346-536604 Senior Business Systems Support Spec - Ref $149,947 per year 2024-12-11 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-23199-196095 Business System Support Specialist - Ref $125,718 per year 2023-07-18 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-23167-119115 Manager Trading - EP $218,000 per year 2023-06-16 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-23023-721346 Business Systems Design Architect – Comm $170,000 per year 2023-01-23 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-23023-721336 Senior Business Intelligence Development Specialist $153,387 per year 2023-01-23 · 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: 105 LCAs filed by Valero Energy Corporation, 104 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.
New hires and transfers
0 positions for new employment, 30 moving here from another employer.
- New employment 7a 0 · 0%
- Change of employer 7e 30 · 29%
- Continuing 7b 37 · 36%
- Change in previous employment 7c 25 · 24%
- Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
- Amended petition 7f 12 · 12%
Shares of the 104 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 1 · 1%
- Level III 13 · 13%
- Level IV 90 · 87%
Shares of the 104 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; 0 of 104 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 December 11, 2024. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 88 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 105. 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
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.
H-1B LCAs certified in the last 24 months
1 certified in the last 24 months
Higher than 13% of the 27,902 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.
Approval rate
not shownunder 30 decided
Median days to decision
412 daysmiddle of 8 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
- 479 days
- This one
- 412 days
This one sits 67 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 5,760 of 70,985 by volume: 5,759 filed at least as many filings, and 65,225 filed no more.
- Just above
- OHLA USA, Inc. 8 filings
- Just below
- NTHLINE SOLUTIONS, LLC 8 filings
Sponsors filing at the same rate
Ranked either side of this one: they file about as many PERM cases.
- #5,759 OHLA USA, Inc. 8 filings · none denied
- #5,761 NTHLINE SOLUTIONS, LLC 8 filings · none denied
- #5,758 Oberlin College 8 filings · none denied
- #5,762 Ryan Companies US, Inc. 8 filings · 2 denied
- #5,757 NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY 8 filings · none denied
- #5,763 COLECTRON TAX SERVICES LLC 8 filings · none 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 · 4 filings, 50% of everything they file
- Computer Systems Analysts 15-1211.002
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021.001
- Data Scientists 15-2051.001
How this is counted
These are the 4 occupations with the most filings, 8 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
Petroleum Refineries
NAICS 324110 · 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
- San Antonio, 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
- Bracewell LLP 7 filings
- Valero Services, Inc. 1 filings
How this is counted
The law firm named on the application. 8 of 8 filings, 100% of the total.
Newspapers it advertised in
- 1 cases
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
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
- 1 cases
The employer's website
- 1 cases
Job search websites
- 1 cases
Local or ethnic newspapers
- 1 cases
Radio or TV ads
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
- 0.0%
60 to 89 days
- 0.0%
90 to 119 days
- 100%
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 2008
123 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2014 with 15.
- 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Decided in FY2016 to FY2023
The 25 most recent of 60. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.
| Case | Decided | Outcome | Job | Offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22243-15041 | 2023-09-28 | certified | Staff Control Systems Engineer, CA | $167,190 |
| A-22024-02006 | 2023-09-28 | certified | Business Systems Support Specialist-Refinery, TX | $118,000 |
| A-22104-40721 | 2023-04-20 | denied | Sr. Enterprise System Dev Eng Specialist, TX | $160,000 |
| A-21323-76074 | 2022-11-30 | certified | Business Systems Support Specialist-HR, TX | $133,000 |
| A-21323-75983 | 2022-11-29 | certified | Senior Electrical Engineer, CA | $144,934 |
| A-21251-41463 | 2022-06-30 | certified | Export Trader – EP (Ethanol), TX | $184,863 |
| A-21267-49780 | 2022-06-30 | certified | Enterprise System Dev Eng Specialist, TX | $116,792 |
| A-21250-40691 | 2022-06-30 | certified | Manager IAEC Reliability, OK | $207,060 |
The other 17
| A-21211-24765 | 2022-05-26 | certified | Staff Instrument Engineer, CA | $190,854 |
| A-21182-11170 | 2022-05-02 | certified | Sr. Basis & System Administration Specialist, TX | $132,000 |
| A-21181-10501 | 2022-05-02 | certified | Business Systems Support Specialist – Commercial Systems, TX | $118,914 |
| A-21180-10015 | 2022-05-02 | certified | Manager, Business Intelligence Development, TX | $167,752 |
| A-21014-42039 | 2022-01-06 | certified | Business Systems Support Specialist – Commercial Systems, TX | $125,766 |
| A-20272-04736 | 2021-10-04 | certified | Enterprise System Dev Eng Specialist, TX | $126,110 |
| A-20188-72995 | 2021-08-04 | certified | Business Systems Design Specialist, TX | $128,438 |
| A-20184-72325 | 2021-08-04 | certified | Sr Enterprise System Dev Eng Specialist, TX | $133,221 |
| A-20106-43360 | 2021-04-01 | certified | Business Intelligence Development Specialist, TX | $119,163 |
| A-19324-85913 | 2021-01-05 | denied | QA Performance Test Engineering Specialist, TX | $101,146 |
| A-19290-72219 | 2021-01-05 | denied | Manager, Business Intelligence Development, TX | $167,752 |
| A-19289-71521 | 2021-01-05 | denied | Business Systems Support Specialist - Commercial Systems, TX | $116,126 |
| A-19289-71342 | 2020-11-25 | denied | Manager, Business Systems Design, TX | $199,083 |
| A-19291-72438 | 2020-11-16 | denied | Enterprise System Dev Eng Specialist, TX | $119,163 |
| A-19294-73069 | 2020-04-17 | certified | Business Systems Support Specialist-Ref, TX | $116,126 |
| A-19177-23495 | 2020-01-27 | certified | Business Systems Design Analyst 2, TX | $94,977 |
| A-19133-04340 | 2019-07-17 | certified | Senior Instrument Engineer, TX | $143,167 |
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 55
- Brazil 2
- Canada 2
- Mexico 1
Worker's education
- Master's 33
- Bachelor's 26
- Associate's 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 59
- F-1 1
Schools
- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY 11
- JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 6
- BANGALORE UNIVERSITY 3
- ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3
- ANDHRA UNIVERSITY 2
- BLDEA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2
Fields of study
- MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 9
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 6
- COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 4
- ENGINEERING 4
- COMPUTER SCIENCE 3
- ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 3
Notes on these numbers
What this rank counts, and what it doesn't
DOL prints the name that went on the form, so one sponsor can appear under several. The 2 entries below start the same way and were not merged, because the difference between them is more than a mistyped letter. Some may be the same sponsor; some are a different one. Rank #5,760 counts this page's cases only.
12 filings sit on those pages rather than this one. The methodology has the rule that decides which spellings merge.
What these numbers don't say
5 notes
- The wage is the job, not the payer
- Their filings are led by Software Developers, 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 5,760. 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 8 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 21, 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.