General Announcements
Legacy PERM Online System:
- Form ETA-9089 submissions are disabled.
- Creation of new Form ETA-9089s is disabled.
- Case re-use for Form ETA-9089 is disabled.
- Filers in the legacy PERM online system can continue to manage submitted cases and access previously initiated cases.
PERM module in the...
During the first two days of the H-2B peak filing season, employers filed 7,503 applications in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway System requesting more than 123,791 worker positions with an April 1, 2023, or later, work start date.
During the first 24 hours of the H-2B peak filing season, employers filed 6,105 applications in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway System requesting more than 105,207 worker positions with an April 1, 2023, or later work start date.
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) will continue...
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) is aware that several State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are experiencing technical problems which prevent them from placing and receiving job orders, including those required for foreign labor certification programs such as H-2A, H-2B, and PERM. We are...
OFLC intends to implement the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes at the same time. The Foreign Labor Application Gateway will be unavailable from 8:00pm to midnight ET on June 30, 2022, to deploy the following technical changes in support of the wage and 2018 SOC update.
H-2B...
During the first two days of the H-2B peak filing season, employers filed 6,943 applications in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway System requesting more than 120,879 worker positions with an April 1, 2022, or later, work start date.
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) will...
During the first 24 hours of the H-2B peak filing season, employers filed 6,243 applications in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway System requesting more than 110,835 worker positions with an April 1, 2022, or later work start date.
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) will continue...
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) released multiple updates to the FLAG system on August 16th providing an improved user experience. These new functions provide users with the ability to receive and respond to notifications quickly through a new messaging center, reassign cases more...
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) will implement the new Form ETA-9141, Application for Prevailing Wage Determination, beginning May 3, 2021. As a result, any initiated cases not submitted prior to 6:00 a.m. ET on May 3, 2021 will be deleted and a new application using the new Form...
The Office of Management and Budget approved the Office of Foreign Labor Certification’s (OFLC) revisions to the Form ETA-9141, corresponding appendix, and instructions. The revisions will better align information collection requirements with the Department’s regulations, provide greater clarity to...