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PERM law firm, #822 of 5,571 by cases
LI & ASSOCIATES PC
- Biggest client
- UNITED CHINESE RESTAURANT II INC · 12% of its cases
- Main job
- Cooks, Restaurant · 68% of its cases
- Filed from
- Colorado · The address on its filings
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This rate is level with the field
Over 47 decided cases, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.
Why
The 95% interval runs up to a 17.2% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.
Cases
50
#822 of 5,571
Certified
44
3 denied
Approval
93.6%
field 96.8%
Median wage
$40,165
offered, per year
Median days
489
20 slower than the field
The practice
Who they file for, what the jobs are and where the work sits, from the employer, occupation and worksite on their own applications.
Who they file for
- UNITED CHINESE RESTAURANT II INC 6 filings
- SUNNY INC 5 filings
- FORTUNE LONG INC 4 filings
- Hong Li Inc 4 filings
- JAPANESE FUSION INC 3 filings
- OCEAN PEARL CORTEZ LLC 3 filings
How this is counted
The employers named on the most applications from this firm. 25 of 50 filings, 50% of the total.
What the jobs are
SOC 35-2014.00 · 34 filings, 68% of everything they file · 94.1% approved
- COOK OF CHINESE FOOD 35-20145
- Accountants and Auditors 13-2011.002
- SENIOR ACCOUNTANT 13-20111
- Bakers 51-3011.001
- Manufacturing Engineers 17-2112.031
How this is counted
These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 44 of 50 cases between them. The occupation on a PERM is the SOC code on the form, which is the job as DOL classifies it rather than the job title on the offer. DOL still accepts two SOC vintages, so one job can appear twice under two codes; the code is printed for exactly that reason.
Where the jobs are
- Colorado 49
- Washington 1
How this is counted
The worksite state on the application, which is where the job is and not where the company is headquartered. Volume by state across everyone is on the state map. These 2 states cover 50 of 50 filings.
Newspapers it advertised in
- 30 cases
The Denver Post
- 5 cases
The Gazette
- 3 cases
The Journal
- 1 cases
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
- 1 cases
MONTROSE DAILY PRESS
- 1 cases
The Spokesman-Review
How this is counted
The newspaper or professional journal named for each case's two print ads, one count per paper per case, however the filer spelled it.
Additional steps it used
- 3 cases
Local or ethnic newspapers
- 2 cases
Employee referral programs
- 2 cases
Job search websites
- 1 cases
The employer's website
- 1 cases
Radio or TV ads
How this is counted
The steps a professional job needs beyond the job order and the ads, by the number of cases that name each.
How long before filing it began
- 0.0%
Under 30 days
- 0.0%
30 to 59 days
- 22%
60 to 89 days
- 34%
90 to 119 days
- 22%
120 to 149 days
- 22%
150 to 180 days
- 0.0%
Over 180 days
How this is counted
Days from the first recruitment step to the filing. 20 C.F.R. § 656.17(e) puts the job order and ads 30 to 180 days before filing.
Every program
Beyond PERM: its other work for clients
DOL names the law firm or agent on each H-1B labor condition application, prevailing wage request and H-2A, H-2B and CW-1 application it publishes. These are the ones that name LI & ASSOCIATES PC, under 3 spellings of its name.
H-1B LCAs
31 LCAs filed for clients, 90% certified
Decided from June 2020 to June 2026.
The employers it filed the most for
Prevailing wage requests
27 wage requests
Decided from February 2024 to June 2026.
The employers it filed the most for
Against other firms
Where it sits among 5,571 firms. The full ranking sorts every column.
Approval rate
93.6%ahead of 16%
Median days to decision
489 daysahead of 9%
Each bar counts firms at that value. More
Against the firms ranked nearest
The 120 firms ranked nearest filed between 45 and 55 cases.
- Their median wait
- 466 days
- This one
- 489 days
This one sits 23 days behind them.
Why no approval rate
A band is a slice of the volume ranking rather than a population picked for having enough decided cases, so a band rate would be solid at the top of the list and noise at the bottom, under one heading.
Where this sits in the ranking
Ranked 822 of 5,571 by volume: 821 filed at least as many cases, and 4,749 filed no more.
- Just above
- L&O Immigration Legal USA 50 cases
- Just below
- LAW OFFICES OF MARY LYN T SANGA 50 cases
Other Colorado firms at this volume
Practices filing from Colorado at a similar rate, taken from the ranks nearest this one. More
Practices filing from Colorado at a similar rate, taken from the ranks nearest this one. State is the address on the filing, so a national firm appears under whichever office signed the form.
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Notes on these numbers
What these numbers don't say
5 notes
- The wage is the job, not the payer
- Their filings are led by Cooks, Restaurant, 34 of 50. The median offered wage moves almost entirely with what roles their clients file. A software developer and a poultry cutter are different numbers wherever they are filed, so this figure is not plotted against the field and no percentile is given for it: that comparison would rank occupation mix and call it pay. Wages by occupation are on the wages page.
- Nothing here is waiting
- All 50 of the cases on this page carry a decision date, because every row in DOL's disclosure files does, so a case still in the queue is in none of these counts. The live tracker that does see pending cases records the employer on each one and not the firm, so a firm's current queue cannot be broken out at all. Where the queue stands overall is on the processing times page.
- The approval rate barely separates firms
- This firm is at 93.6%. Across every firm with enough decided cases to carry a rate the median is above 99%, and hundreds have no denials at all. Placing near the top of that axis mostly means being level with the rest of it.
- None of this measures the advice
- It measures filings that DOL approved or denied. Whether the case was worth filing, what it cost, and how the firm handled an audit aren’t in these files.
- A median over 47 decided cases
- DOL works one national queue, oldest first, whoever filed the case, so this says when the firm's cases were filed at least as much as anything about the firm. Where the queue stands today is on the processing times page.
The window these figures cover: DOL's PERM disclosure files for fiscal years 2024 to 2026, through the third quarter of 2026, 373,939 decided cases. Nothing pending is counted here. How each figure is built
Filings newer than DOL's last published file can't be attributed to this firm until DOL publishes them. The live list on the case search page carries them by employer.
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Employers and firms: Derived from DOL's disclosure files · data through Jun 30, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly load
LCA disclosures: DOL quarterly LCA disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Wage determinations: DOL quarterly PW disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
Employers and firms: Employers, law firms and occupations ranked from decided cases only.
LCA disclosures: Certified and denied H-1B labor condition applications only, with the wage offered.
Wage determinations: Decided prevailing wage requests only, with the wage DOL determined. Pending requests are absent.