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PERM by the worker's country of citizenship

PERM cases for citizens of Panama

Decisions
273
Approved
88.6%
Median certified wage
$70,450
Years
FY2016 to FY2024

Year by year

  • certified
  • denied
  • withdrawn

Fiscal years run October to September. DOL printed the worker's citizenship on its old form, so the series runs FY2008 to FY2023; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry it.

Every year as a table
Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn
FY2008 38 4 1
FY2009 13 7 0
FY2010 40 10 0
FY2011 27 8 2
FY2012 24 4 2
FY2013 10 3 1
FY2014 27 3 2
FY2015 30 1 2
FY2016 21 2 0
FY2017 27 4 0
FY2018 24 3 2
FY2019 26 4 1
FY2020 15 1 1
FY2021 28 2 2
FY2022 31 4 2
FY2023 30 8 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 81
  • Florida 32
  • Texas 25
  • New York 25
  • Louisiana 19
  • Massachusetts 10
  • New Jersey 8
  • Georgia 7
  • Washington 5
  • Indiana 5

Worksite cities

  • Lakeland, LA 16
  • Playa del Rey, CA 15
  • New York, NY 14
  • San Francisco, CA 11
  • Miami, FL 9
  • Montebello, CA 9
  • Reseda, CA 8
  • Forest Hills, NY 6
  • Seattle, WA 5
  • Houston, TX 5

Industries

  • Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 40
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 16
  • Sugar Manufacturing 16
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 13
  • Engineering Services 12
  • General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload 8
  • Computer Systems Design Services 7
  • Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists 6
  • Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers 5
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 5

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 72
  • Master's 63
  • High School 54
  • None 49
  • Other 17
  • Doctorate 14
  • Associate's 4

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 100
  • F-1 39
  • NOT IN USA 38
  • L-1 26
  • H-2B 13
  • B-2 9
  • E-2 5
  • O-1 3
  • C-1 1
  • H-3 1

DOL printed the worker's citizenship, education and visa on its old form, and the last cases filed on it were decided in FY2024; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. So these pages describe FY2008 to FY2023 (years) and FY2016 to FY2024 (everything else).

Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting is not in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases, not the queue.