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.

Dear Sophie, I handle HR and immigration at our tech company. We filed a PERM for one of our team members about five months ago for her EB-2 green card, and we’re awaiting certification from the ...

Beginning on June 1, 2023, filers submitting PERM Applications for Permanent Employment Certification must submit the revised ETA-9089 in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system, the U ...

If an employer does not respond to the audit notice, the DOL will deem the case abandoned and the employer may be required to conduct supervised recruitment for any future PERM applications. Once ...

Google has paused all new PERM applications, dealing a blow to its immigrant workers. Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images. A day before announcing it will lay off 12,000 employees, or 6 percent ...

Big tech companies have pulled back on PERM applications, often the first step to a green card. Huge layoffs by Google, Amazon, Meta and other tech companies have made the process harder. Ava ...

Amazon said in the memo it had initially paused PERM applications in 2023 and decided to keep these suspended until the end of this year after reviewing "labor market conditions and immigrant ...

According to the DOL, an electronically filed PERM application was expected to be adjudicated in around 45-60 days unless the case was audited.

Perm / Immigration Employment Advertising Overview. Whether hiring for a temporary or permanent position, ... To ensure the success of your PERM application, you must advertise the job position.

USCIS Filing Fee Increase and Premium Processing Expansion – In 2023, USCIS issued a proposed rule to increase the required filing fees for many applications. The proposed increases for ...