Start here
6 guides
The steps to a green card, and how this site follows each one.
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Guides
Plain-English guides to a PERM case, from the case number to the green card, grouped by different stages.
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Your case status
13 guides
Finding the case number, reading DOL's status, and what each status means.
Timing and the queue
6 guides
How DOL works through cases, and how far to trust a date.
Deadlines and recruitment
26 guides
The dates a PERM case runs on, and the recruitment that has to fit inside them.
Wages, wage requests and LCAs
10 guides
Prevailing wage requests, H-1B labor condition applications and what jobs pay.
Employers and law firms
11 guides
Reading a sponsor's or a firm's record, and what a layoff changes.
After PERM: I-140 to green card
26 guides
The visa bulletin, USCIS forms and the wait for a visa number.
H-2A, H-2B and CW-1
2 guides
Seasonal and island work visas on the same DOL system.
Start here
The steps to a green card, and how this site follows each one.
Your case status
Finding the case number, reading DOL's status, and what each status means.
Timing and the queue
How DOL works through cases, and how far to trust a date.
Deadlines and recruitment
The dates a PERM case runs on, and the recruitment that has to fit inside them.
Wages, wage requests and LCAs
Prevailing wage requests, H-1B labor condition applications and what jobs pay.
Employers and law firms
Reading a sponsor's or a firm's record, and what a layoff changes.
After PERM: I-140 to green card
The visa bulletin, USCIS forms and the wait for a visa number.
H-2A, H-2B and CW-1
Seasonal and island work visas on the same DOL system.
