PERM - Labor Certification

Perm Processing dates as of 6/30/2010.

1. Under what authority can the Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification select an employer's application for supervised recruitment?

Prevailing Wage and FIFO (First-in, first-out order) 

All wage requests are being processed in less than 60 days. First-in, first-out order (FIFO) is being used.  Requests for H-1B/PERM are processed in FIFO order as there is only one queue. The goal in the end is to process all wage requests continues to be 60 days.

For guidance and guidelines for processing please visit this link.

Perm processing dates as of 2/28/10.

According to DOL updates as of 1/31/2010, they are working on PERM application filed in the following months:

Analyst Review: April 2009

Audits: December 2007

Standard Appeals: September 2007

Govt's Error Appeal: Current