Department of Labor
PERM & Labor Certification
PERM has no premium processing. A prevailing wage determination, an analyst review and an audit can each add months, and none of them can be bought out of. What is left is process discipline and, occasionally, a federal complaint.
DOL's proposed wage rule and the pending PWD: when NPWC delay acquires a price
The March 2026 proposal would raise all four wage levels and apply to determinations still pending on its effective date. Why the PWD queue is now a cost line.
Layoffs, PERM recruitment and the September 2026 executive order
PERM already requires laid-off U.S. workers to be notified and considered. Executive Order 14431 adds layoff scrutiny on the H-1B side. How to run both without losing cases.
FLAG processing times, October 2026: reading the PERM and PWD queues
As of early October 2026 DOL was reviewing PERM cases filed in December 2025, averaging 336 days. What the figures mean for AC21 planning and delay claims.
PERM delays at the Department of Labor: what options exist
PERM has no premium processing. A look at where ETA-9089 cases actually stall, what the published queues mean, and whether DOL delay is litigable.
Prevailing wage determination delays at the NPWC
The PWD queue stalls a PERM case before it formally exists. How to read the published queue and build the right buffer.
Responding to a PERM audit without losing the case
Audit response is a documentation exercise on a fixed deadline. What the file must contain and where responses commonly fail.