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PERM by the numbers

What DOL’s own case records add up to, counted each night from its case-status search. DOL doesn’t publish these totals itself.

Checked against DOL 5:24 AM ET, Oct 25

88,812 PERM cases waiting with DOL

DOL's analyst review is working cases filed in January 2026. The rest wait behind it, or outside the line.

  • Analyst review 81,690 the ordinary queue, worked in filing order
  • Out of filing order 3,558 an information request, an audit, supervised recruitment or a hold takes a case off the ordinary queue
  • Under appeal or review 3,564 cases that went to appeal after an adverse determination
DOL is here
PERM cases by filing month, decided and still waiting
Filed in Decided Still waiting
November 2025 14,412 635
December 2025 13,392 1,878
January 2026 (DOL is working this month) 1,874 9,768
February 2026 214 5,278
March 2026 254 6,782
April 2026 259 7,047
May 2026 557 8,104
June 2026 451 10,176
July 2026 275 8,892
August 2026 212 8,728
September 2026 170 10,160
October 2026 108 7,643

Every filing month

753 decided on Friday, Oct 23

A typical Friday is about 673.

Last 7 days
3,814
Last 30 days
15,841
Certified
94%

989

Sep 25 Oct 24
PERM decisions per day, the last 30 days
Period Decided
September 25, 2026 792
September 26, 2026 158
September 27, 2026 8
September 28, 2026 712
September 29, 2026 989
September 30, 2026 901
October 1, 2026 908
October 2, 2026 629
October 3, 2026 111
October 4, 2026 20
October 5, 2026 628
October 6, 2026 965
October 7, 2026 889
October 8, 2026 762
October 9, 2026 615
October 10, 2026 145
October 11, 2026 6
October 12, 2026 11
October 13, 2026 552
October 14, 2026 690
October 15, 2026 734
October 16, 2026 656
October 17, 2026 146
October 18, 2026 3
October 19, 2026 659
October 20, 2026 668
October 21, 2026 786
October 22, 2026 821
October 23, 2026 753
October 24, 2026 124
  • Certified
  • Denied
  • Withdrawn by the employer

Day by day

2,880 cases DOL has put on hold

Three employers hold 92% of them. DOL puts them on hold in batches, an employer at a time.

  1. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation

    since before Aug 27

    1,831

  2. Microsoft Corporation

    since Oct 8

    598

  3. Adobe Inc.

    since Sep 24

    226

  4. Capgemini America, Inc.

    since Oct 8

    169

  5. Brazuca Consulting LLC

    since before Aug 27

    8

  6. Tata Technologies, Inc.

    since Oct 9

    8

Every employer under review

9,211 new PERM cases in 30 days

Filed by 3,782 employers. DOL publishes a case only once it's decided.

2,664

Week of Jul 6 Week of Oct 19
New PERM cases filed per week
Period Filed
Week of Jul 6 2,184
Week of Jul 13 1,902
Week of Jul 20 2,010
Week of Jul 27 2,166
Week of Aug 3 1,957
Week of Aug 10 1,864
Week of Aug 17 2,168
Week of Aug 24 2,336
Week of Aug 31 2,604
Week of Sep 7 1,805
Week of Sep 14 2,370
Week of Sep 21 2,664
Week of Sep 28 2,653
Week of Oct 5 2,328
Week of Oct 12 2,004
Week of Oct 19 2,117

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The jobs filed most

In the last 30 days, as DOL prints the job title.

  1. Crew Member

    8 employers

    364

  2. Software Developer

    122 employers

    233

  3. Software Engineer

    126 employers

    219

  4. Assembler

    2 employers

    206

  5. Associate, Software Engineering

    4 employers

    155

  6. Nursing Assistant

    3 employers

    127

  7. Senior Software Engineer

    60 employers

    78

  8. VICE PRESIDENT, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

    3 employers

    77

The employers filing most

In the last 30 days. Each name opens the employer's record.

  1. Boddie-Noell Enterprises Inc.

    299

  2. Stoughton Trailers, LLC

    170

  3. Goldman Sachs Services LLC

    154

  4. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    150

  5. United Nursing Services, LLC

    122

  6. NORMAN W. FRIES, INC.

    72

  7. American Textile Company, Incorporated

    65

  8. JCG Foods of Georgia, LLC

    62

3,278 employers new to PERM

Their first case came in the last 90 days: 4,958 cases between them.

280

Week of Aug 3 Week of Oct 19
Employers filing their first PERM case, per week
Period Employers
Week of Aug 3 258
Week of Aug 10 277
Week of Aug 17 240
Week of Aug 24 250
Week of Aug 31 280
Week of Sep 7 201
Week of Sep 14 275
Week of Sep 21 256
Week of Sep 28 275
Week of Oct 5 253
Week of Oct 12 217
Week of Oct 19 258
  1. Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., Ltd. 156
  2. Windy Hill Management, LLC 103
  3. SONMAR HOME CARE, LLC 54
  4. Avants Operations, LLC 50
  5. TT Commerce & Global Services LLC 45
  6. FM Professionals LLC 35
New means no decided PERM case in DOL's files since October 2015 under the same name. A company that filed before under another spelling can still appear.

581 cases at an RFI right now

DOL has issued 1,282 since August 31, 2026.

223

Week of Aug 31 Week of Oct 19
RFIs DOL issued per week
Period RFIs
Week of Aug 31 220
Week of Sep 7 152
Week of Sep 14 223
Week of Sep 21 146
Week of Sep 28 107
Week of Oct 5 153
Week of Oct 12 123
Week of Oct 19 158
Of 1,344 RFIs we followed from their first day, most left on day 31, when the 30-day reply window closed. DOL then decided a median 3 days later.

RFIs and audits

48,277 wage requests waiting

DOL is deciding PERM requests filed in June 2026.

DOL is here
Wage requests by filing month, decided and still waiting
Filed in Decided Still waiting
January 2026 17,059 0
February 2026 12,431 3
March 2026 15,886 9
April 2026 16,891 45
May 2026 19,262 74
June 2026 (DOL is working this month) 17,655 108
July 2026 8,992 7,703
August 2026 511 15,213
September 2026 474 14,635
October 2026 231 10,484

Wage requests

January 2026 where DOL's line stood on Oct 5

Up 4 months since Aug 20. DOL replaces its page each time; we keep every reading.

Aug 20 Oct 5
The filing month DOL's analyst review had reached, at each reading
Period Month reached
August 20, 2026: September 2025 1
August 27, 2026: October 2025 2
August 28, 2026: November 2025 3
August 31, 2026: November 2025 3
September 22, 2026: December 2025 4
October 5, 2026: January 2026 5

Processing times

238 visa bulletins in one table

June 2005 to November 2026, every cutoff as State printed it.

  • 2005: 2 held, 5 not held
  • 2006: 4 held, 8 not held
  • 2007: 10 held, 2 not held
  • 2008: 12 held
  • 2009: 8 held, 4 not held
  • 2010: 12 held
  • 2011: 12 held
  • 2012: 11 held, 1 not held
  • 2013: 12 held
  • 2014: 12 held
  • 2015: 12 held
  • 2016: 12 held
  • 2017: 12 held
  • 2018: 12 held
  • 2019: 12 held
  • 2020: 12 held
  • 2021: 12 held
  • 2022: 12 held
  • 2023: 12 held
  • 2024: 12 held
  • 2025: 12 held
  • 2026: 11 held
A blank month is one we haven't been able to read yet (20 of them).
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How we count it

Every night our sweep asks DOL’s case-status search about each case still waiting, 50 numbers at a time, and files each one by the status DOL gives back. Every count on this page adds up those answers.

An illustration of the nightly check as a card sorter. Case cards leave a hopper on the right, pass under a reader and drop into one of six pockets along the front, one for each place a waiting case can be: analyst review, on hold, rfi, other review, appeal, decided. Each batch is 100 cards at tonight's shares.

100 cards sorted. 91 went to analyst review.

  1. Analyst review 81,690 the ordinary line, worked in filing order. 91 of every 100 cards.
  2. On hold 2,880 set aside by DOL, often an employer at a time. 3 of every 100 cards.
  3. RFI 581 DOL asked the employer for more. 1 of every 100 cards.
  4. Other review 97 a notice of intent to deny, an audit or supervised recruitment. Under 1 in 100 cards.
  5. Appeal 3,564 after a denial, at reconsideration or the Board. 4 of every 100 cards.
  6. Decided 753 certified, denied or withdrawn on DOL's last working day. 1 of every 100 cards.

Per-case statuses: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Oct 25, 2026 · daily

Live PERM filings: derived from perm_case_status · data through Oct 25, 2026 · daily

Review stages: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Oct 25, 2026 · daily

Decisions we observed: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Oct 24, 2026 · daily, one row per day our sweep observed

Wage request statuses: flag.dol.gov case status (DOL, direct) · data through Oct 25, 2026 · daily

Processing times: DOL FLAG (flag.dol.gov/processingtimes) · data through Oct 5, 2026 · daily

Visa bulletin: the State Department's own bulletin pages · data through Nov 2026 · monthly

What each source includes

Per-case statuses: Every PERM case DOL indexes, pending included. No wage, law firm or worksite: DOL reveals those only when a case is published.

Live PERM filings: The cases our sweep knows that DOL has not published yet, so they can be found by employer before any file lists them.

Review stages: How many pending cases sit at each review stage right now, counted live.

Decisions we observed: Status changes our sweep watched happen, from 26 August 2026 onward. Nothing earlier: DOL publishes a case's current status, never when it changed.

Wage request statuses: Live status of prevailing wage requests, pending included. The wage itself is not here; it arrives with the quarterly file.

Processing times: DOL's published queue position and average determination time. DOL's own figure, not ours.

Visa bulletin: Cutoff dates as the State Department published them each month. Nothing here is forecast.

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