The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released its August 2025 visa bulletin, providing critical updates ...

Will layoffs affect the PERM process for EB-2/EB-3 green cards? What will happen to my team's green cards if our company has to do layoffs?

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 PERM process, an application filed with the Department of Labor (DOL), is the first step toward getting a green card and its main purpose is to test the labor market and determine whether ...

In this column, I detail where things currently stand with the PERM process and discuss the changes you should look out for that may impact PERM.

To ensure the success of your PERM application, you must advertise the job position. General recruitment activities are required of all employers except for Special Handling and Schedule A positions.

Program electronic review management or PERM is one of the first and most important steps in the US employment based green card, or permanent residence, application process. It is a system to get ...

There are good reasons why the H1-B work visa program is not the best for foreign workers who want to immigrate to America. The recent Google announcement that it will no longer support PERM ...

The DOL indicated it would not begin processing PERM applications filed through the new system until it finalized processing of cases pending in the legacy PERM portal.

Amazon first put a halt to PERM applications in 2023. After reviewing “labor market conditions and immigrant requirements,” the company decided to continue this suspension until the end of 2024.

Explained: Why Google pausing PERM is concerning for those looking for employer-sponsored green card Google has stopped the PERM application, the first step before one may get engaged in the ...