Data notes
H-1B and PERM sponsors that filed layoff notices this month
Layoff notices filed in October 2026 by employers with H-1B or PERM filings at DOL, as four states published them, beside each employer's DOL record.
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Blog posts
Data notes, explainers and practice notes on PERM, written from the Labor Department's own records.
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Data notes
What DOL's own records show, counted and dated.
Data notes
The PERM queue in mid-October, in five numbers
How fast DOL is deciding PERM cases, where its queue stands, how many cases are on hold and at which employers, and how many new cases arrived in October.
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Data notes
Data note: the 1,854 PERM cases on hold, and who holds them
The first of a series of short notes on what this site's record shows. September 2026: 1,854 cases at APPLICATION ON HOLD, 1,831 of them one employer's.
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Data notes
What a law firm's PERM volume tells you
Every PERM filing names the firm that made it. What volume and approval rates in DOL's files can tell you, and what they cannot.
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Data notes
Why PERM cases are denied or audited
The measured denial rates by wage, occupation and what the form declares, what an audit is, how an RFI differs, and why we refuse to blend them.
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Data notes
Which companies sponsor the most green cards?
The employers filing the most PERM cases right now, from DOL's own files. Microsoft leads, but half the top ten isn’t tech at all.
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Data notes
PERM salary data: what sponsored jobs actually pay
Median offered wages by occupation from DOL's PERM files: committed figures, not survey estimates. Software Developers at $139k, and the other half.
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Data notes
PERM processing times in 2026: what to expect
How long PERM takes in 2026, from DOL's own published figures: the filing month under review, the average days to a decision, and what adds months.
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Explainers
How PERM works, for people meeting it for the first time.
Explainers
OPT fee proposal: what it would charge, and when comments close
DHS has proposed a $70,000 fee for a student's first OPT and $30,000 for later OPT. What the proposal says, who would pay, and why nothing is in force.
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Explainers
DOL's proposed PERM rule: what it covers and where it stands
What DOL's pending PERM proposal says it will change, where it sits in review as of October 16, 2026, and why nothing changes until a final rule.
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Explainers
Rule changes since summer that touch a green card or H-1B case
Every DHS and DOL action since August 2026 that touches a pending green card or H-1B case, marked in force, proposed with its comment deadline, or blocked.
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Explainers
How PERM wage data gets published
DOL publishes the wage on decided PERM cases in quarterly files. What the offered wage is, why it's a floor set by the process, and what it leaves out.
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Explainers
What an employer's PERM record shows
Volume, approval rate, wages and law firms, drawn from DOL's own files. What each figure means, and what none of it says about one individual case.
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Explainers
What DOL actually publishes about PERM
The Department of Labor puts out PERM data in three places: quarterly files, a case status system and a processing times page. What each one leaves out.
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Explainers
What to do while your PERM is pending
What's worth checking while a PERM sits with DOL, how often, what's genuinely out of your hands, and what actually signals a problem.
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Explainers
Is your employer still filing PERM? What DOL's live record shows
How to check whether Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google or any employer is still filing PERM green card cases, from DOL's live record and published files.
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Explainers
My PERM got audited. Is that bad?
An audit is a request for proof, not a decision. What the letter asks for, how it differs from an RFI, and what it costs in time.
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Explainers
What is PERM labor certification?
The PERM labor certification process end to end: filing requirements, processing times, the pitfalls that trigger audits, and what to check before filing.
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For practitioners
For attorneys, paralegals and HR teams filing cases.
For practitioners
PERM client status updates without the email load
How a firm can let PERM clients read DOL's status for themselves: a free case lookup, an email when DOL moves the case, and a checker for the firm's site.
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For practitioners
Docketwise alternatives for firms that file PERM
What Docketwise and its alternatives say they do for PERM labor certification, with prices read from each vendor's own page on October 16, 2026.
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For practitioners
Four immigration practice tools compared on price, forms and PERM
Four immigration practice tools compared from their own pages: price, who each is for, the forms, and what each says about PERM, read October 16, 2026.
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For practitioners
Free immigration case management software in 2026
What immigration practice software is free in 2026: trial lengths, nonprofit discounts, the free government lookups, and a free PERM app, read October 16.
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For practitioners
Immigration law software pricing in 2026, vendor by vendor
Per-user prices for Docketwise, MyCase, Clio, eImmigration, CampLegal, LegistAI, CaseTracker and more, from each vendor's own page on October 16, 2026.
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For practitioners
PERM attorney fees: why the employer has to pay them
Under 20 C.F.R. § 656.12(b) the employer pays for the labor certification, its attorney's fees included. What that covers and what counts as payment.
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For practitioners
What to ask a software vendor about your clients' data
Questions to put to an immigration software vendor before client files go in: hosting, audit reports, access, exports and breach notice.
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For practitioners
Best immigration case management tools in 2026
The main immigration case management tools in 2026, compared on price, on what each says about PERM, and on the kind of practice each suits.
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For practitioners
5 PERM audit triggers and how to avoid them
Learn the most frequent reasons PERM applications get audited by the DOL and practical strategies to minimize your audit risk.
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