8 certified Labor Condition Applications on file with the U.S. Department of Labor, FY2021–FY2024.
Since September 2025, DOL's Project Firewall opens H-1B investigations without waiting for a complaint. These checkpoints come from Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County's own public LCA filings (FY2022–FY2024) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Next end date: 2026-12-03. Employing an H-1B worker past the LCA end date without a new certified LCA is a strict-liability violation — the replacement LCA must be certified before the I-129 extension is filed.
Level I is the entry-level prevailing-wage tier and the band DOL's Project Firewall reviews first for misclassification (senior duties filed at an entry-level wage). The national share is 17%.
Median offered wage is 16% above the DOL prevailing wage across 8 recent certified LCAs. Paying at the floor is lawful, but it invites the question of whether the wage level itself is right.
Each worksite needs its own 10-business-day LCA notice and a PAF record of that posting; a move to a new area of intended employment needs a new LCA before the worker starts there.
Public DOL disclosure data can lag actual filings by a quarter. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
Yes — Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County sponsors H-1B workers, with 8 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2024), including 1 in FY2024. The median certified salary is $525,000 (P25 $57,486, P75 $525,000). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County H-1B sponsorship at a glance, from public U.S. DOL LCA disclosure data (FY2021–FY2024).
Certified LCAs are a prerequisite to H-1B petitions, not visa approvals; one LCA can cover multiple workers. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
The shaded band is the middle half of certified salaries (P25–P75); the bar spans the lowest to highest certified salary.
Levels I–IV are DOL prevailing-wage experience tiers; 90% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| FY2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Case dispositions from the U.S. DOL OFLC disclosure files. Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.
| Job title | Salary | Level | Location | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical Technologist /Lab Supervisor I-200-23268-378503 | $56,118/yr$26/hr as filed | III | Valdosta, GA | Sep 25, 2023 | Certified |
Medical Technologist I-200-23261-354649 | $56,118/yr$26/hr as filed | III | Valdosta, GA | Sep 18, 2023 | Certified |
Medical Technologist I-200-23223-259728 | $57,408/yr$27/hr as filed | IV | Valdosta, GA | Aug 11, 2023 | Certified |
Physician - Obstetrician/Gynecologist I-200-23177-144707 | $325,000/yr | III | Valdosta, GA | Jun 26, 2023 | Certified |
Medical Technologist I-200-23152-070433 | $57,720/yr$27/hr as filed | IV | Valdosta, GA | Jun 01, 2023 | Certified |
Physician - Gastroenterologist I-200-23063-823171 | $525,000/yr | IV | Valdosta, GA | Mar 03, 2023 | Certified |
Physician - Gastroenterologist I-200-23059-811020 | $525,000/yr | IV | Valdosta, GA | Feb 28, 2023 | Certified |
Physician - Infectious Diseases I-200-23049-785481 | $300,000/yr | II | Valdosta, GA | Feb 18, 2023 | Certified |
Physician -Gastroentrologist I-200-23032-743326 | $525,000/yr | IV | Valdosta, GA | Feb 01, 2023 | Certified, withdrawn |
Physician -Gastroentrologist I-200-20098-467000 | $600,000/yr | IV | Valdosta, GA | Apr 07, 2020 | Certified, withdrawn |
One row per LCA case (its latest version), from U.S. DOL OFLC disclosure data. Salaries are the offered wage, converted to a yearly figure. Certified LCAs are not visa approvals.
Worker positions by LCA filing purpose, summed across FY2021–FY2024 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: Feb and Jun — useful for timing transfer conversations.
Attestations from the employer's own LCA filings (Form ETA-9035), as disclosed by the U.S. DOL.
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