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PERM by the worker's country of citizenship

PERM cases for citizens of Syria

Decisions
804
Approved
94.3%
Median certified wage
$121,909
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 88 6 2
FY2009 54 7 16
FY2010 142 15 0
FY2011 88 17 2
FY2012 72 8 2
FY2013 56 5 6
FY2014 91 3 3
FY2015 96 5 7
FY2016 136 7 8
FY2017 95 7 6
FY2018 135 9 5
FY2019 96 6 4
FY2020 63 3 0
FY2021 69 4 1
FY2022 42 3 2
FY2023 38 2 1

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Worksite states

  • California 122
  • Michigan 64
  • Texas 63
  • Ohio 62
  • Florida 46
  • New York 41
  • Illinois 40
  • Massachusetts 34
  • North Carolina 27
  • Virginia 27

Worksite cities

  • New York, NY 18
  • Houston, TX 18
  • Cleveland, OH 18
  • Chicago, IL 14
  • Detroit, MI 11
  • Columbus, OH 10
  • Washington, DC 10
  • Los Angeles, CA 9
  • Boston, MA 8
  • San Francisco, CA 8

Industries

Worker's education

  • Other 355
  • Bachelor's 162
  • Master's 119
  • None 93
  • Doctorate 44
  • High School 20
  • Associate's 11

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 282
  • TPS 206
  • NOT IN USA 62
  • F-1 55
  • B-2 49
  • J-1 36
  • B-1 9
  • L-1 7
  • F-2 4
  • PAROLEE 4

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.