Data API docs · H-2, PERM and OPT programs
PERM green-card certification decision counts for an employer (Data Pro)
GET https://usefootnote.com/api/data/v1/perm/employers
Per-employer PERM (Form ETA-9089) decision counts — certified / denied / withdrawn per fiscal year plus the latest decision date and roll-up totals. A PERM certification is DOL's determination — step ONE of employment-based green-card sponsorship (PERM → I-140 → adjustment/consular), never 'green card granted'. NO prevailing-wage field: the disclosure carries no reliable one and Footnote does not synthesize it (F-040). Exact-normalized-name matching. DATA PRO dataset: a free key receives 403 upgrade_required.
Tier
Data Pro and above. Free and Developer keys receive a 403 upgrade_required that names this dataset and the way up — never a silent 404.
| Tier | Calls | Burst | WARN window |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 50/day | 10/min | 30 days |
| Developer | 1,000/day | 30/min | 12 months |
| Data Pro | 10,000/day | 120/min | 24 months |
| Enterprise | 100,000/day | 600/min | full archive |
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | yes | Employer name, min 2 chars. Exact-normalized-name match plus registered spelling variants. |
| fy | integer | no | 4-digit fiscal-year filter. |
Example
curl -s "https://usefootnote.com/api/data/v1/perm/employers?name=Acme%20Corp" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer fn_live_YOUR_KEY"
200 — { employer_query, matched, fiscal_years[], totals }. Decision counts only — no wage field of any kind. Every response is { data, meta }; rate-limit headers (x-ratelimit-limit, x-ratelimit-remaining) ride on every call.
Clients
npx footnote-data wraps this endpoint at the prompt (see the package README); the remote MCP server at https://usefootnote.com/api/mcp exposes it as a tool for agents. Licensing: CC BY 4.0 for display with attribution; commercial use on Data Pro and above.
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