The Equifax Data Breach - The Cheap Visa Trojan Horse

Equifax Inc. has filed 459 labor condition applications for H1B visa and 25 labor certifications for green card from fiscal year 2017 to 2019. Equifax was ranked 500 among all visa sponsors. Please note that 6 LCA for H1B Visa and 0 LC for green card have been denied or withdrawn during the same period.

Contact(edit) Name Job Title Phone Email LCA for H1B Visa Marianne Petty Hr Consultant 770-405- xxxx xxxx @equifax.com LC for Green Card Marianne Petty - 770-740- xxxx xxxx @equifax.com sign in to view all contacts
H1B Visa Salary Certified Certified-Withdrawn(?) Denied Withdrawn 2019 $111,405 140 1 1 0 2018 $104,000 186 8 5 0 2017 $99,078 116 2 0 0 Green Card Salary Certified Certified-Expired Denied Withdrawn 2019 - 0 0 0 0 2018 $105,549 1 1 0 0 2017 $112,718 17 6 0 0
Willful Violator:	No  (?)	H1B Dependent:	No  (?)
Economic Sector:	Other Economic Sector
NAICS Industry:	Other Information Services
Visa Job Locations:	Alpharetta,GA(273), Atlanta,GA(86), St. Louis,MO(57), Palo Alto,CA(8), Auburn,AL(5),
H1B Visa Jobs:	Application Developer - Career(38); Software Engineer, Prod Dev - Career(34); Software Engineer, Prod Dev - Intermediate(25); Application Developer - Intermediate(24); Application Developer - Entry(10);
Green Card Jobs:	Software Developers, Applications(8); Statisticians(6); Computer Systems Analysts(4); Computer Occuptions, All Other(2); Network and Computer Systems Administrators(2);
H1B Occupations:	Software Developers, Applications(213); Computer Occupations, All Other(63); Software Developers, Systems Software(48); Statisticians(41); Computer Systems Analysts(29);
Green Card Occupations:	Software Developers, Applications(15); Statisticians(9); Computer Systems Analysts(7); Computer and Information Systems Managers(3); Computer Occupations, All Other(2);
Profiles of forein workers who applied for green card under PERM:
Citizenship:	India(1)
Class of Admission:	H-1B(1)
Education:	Bachelor's(1)
College:	University Of Allahabad,India(1)
Major:	Engineering(1)

Note: Before Equifax Inc. can hire foreign workers permanently or temporarily, it must file labor certifications with the Department of Labor(DOL), demonstrating that it is paying the required wage for the positions in the geographic region where the jobs are located. Above table reports Labor Condition Application(LCA) for H1B visa and Labor Certification(LC) for green card filed by Equifax Inc.. The data only indicates the number of applications filed by Equifax Inc.. It does not mean that Equifax Inc. actually got the visa and hired the workers.

Our LCA data includes LCA submitted for not only new employment, but also continuation or change in previously approved employment, new concurrent employment, change in employer and amended petition. Usually, only LCA for new employment needs H1B Visa quota if it is not cap-exempt.

Equifax Inc. has applied for 626 LC and LCA from fiscal year 2017 to 2019. But this does not mean they really hired 626 foreign workers during this period. The visa applications might have been denied. When an employee renews or transfers his H1B visa or change work location under some circumstances, he will also file a new LCA application.

Department of Labor(DOL) typically certifies more than 3 times the number of foreign work requests than the number of H1B visas issued by USCIS. So there is no one to one relationship between the number of workers certified by the DOL and the number of H1B work visas issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).