The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released its quarterly report on PERM for the first quarter of FY 2009 covering October 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. For comparison, you can read about the previous DOL report here. There are some interesting numbers. Unfortunately, the news is not good for PERM applicants. As of December [...]
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification has released its October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008 (FY’08) statistics on PERM processing. Although these are statistical estimates and not official results, the numbers are expected to be very close to the final official numbers. We wrote about PERM’s FY’08 mid-year statistics in [...]
The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification has released its October 2007 - May 2008 statistics on PERM processing. It is interesting to note that 44% of the active (pending) PERM cases were in "Audit" stage, most likely in connection with the recent decision to audit all PERM applications filed by a major immigration law firm. Please read the full post for more details on DOL's PERM processing statistics.
The Department of Labor has released the PERM processing statistics for the first two quarters of its Fiscal Year 2008. The report indicates that there were 44,090 PERM applications received, there were 12,600 cases certified and, as of March 23, 2008, there were 28,000 cases pending. Read the full article for details.
Earlier in February, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification at the Department of Labor released its official FY 2007 data covering cases processed under the Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM). The PERM data provides an insight into the level of demand for U.S. jobs in different industry sectors and geographic areas.