How To Compute Approximate Labor Certification Timings

The Labor Certification processing goes through two levels of review.

1. State level - SWA (State Workforce Agency)

Each state has a SWA: The labor certification application is originally filed with the SWA office having jurisdiction over the place of employment. The initial processing of the labor certification is done by the SWA office, after which the application along with all the documents is transmitted to the appropriate U.S. DOL (Department Of Labor) regional office for its final determination.

Processing Times at the SWA level - SWA: To look for the processing times of a particular State SWA where the job is located click here.

Labor - State level, indicate that they are processing the cases received as of that date.

Example: Connecticut SWA (Region-I) - Now processing cases received as of 06/16/2001*

*This means the SWA office (Region-I) is now processing the cases received by their office as of 06/16/2001 and before.

2. Federal level - U.S. DOL (Department Of Labor) 

The U.S. DOL regional office makes the final determination of the labor certification application that was transmitted from the respective SWA.

Processing Times at the Federal level - U.S. DOL regional office:  To look for the processing times of a particular U.S. DOL regional office under which the particular State SWA falls click here and find the appropriate U.S. DOL regional office.