In April 2023, the long-anticipated new and modernized PERM Form 9089 was introduced to the public by the U.S. Department of Labor, Foreign Labor Certification (FLC) unit. The PERM process permits an ...

Once the PERM application is certified, the employer can file an Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker form (Form I-140) with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. With a certified PERM and ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has announced plans to revise the permanent labor certification (PERM) process in an effort to streamline the program, ...

Employers are now experiencing 13-month processing times for PERM applications (form ETA 9089), which is the first stage of most employer-sponsored green card processes. Is it because the Department ...

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