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PERM by the worker's country of citizenship

PERM cases for citizens of Zambia

Decisions
201
Approved
77.0%
Median certified wage
$41,600
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 12 3 2
FY2009 9 1 0
FY2010 11 1 1
FY2011 14 2 0
FY2012 18 1 0
FY2013 3 1 0
FY2014 8 0 1
FY2015 9 0 0
FY2016 16 1 1
FY2017 8 0 0
FY2018 9 1 0
FY2019 15 0 1
FY2020 5 1 2
FY2021 11 0 0
FY2022 28 15 2
FY2023 34 16 4

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Worksite states

  • Tennessee 36
  • Minnesota 27
  • Ohio 26
  • Texas 19
  • South Carolina 10
  • California 10
  • New York 8
  • Florida 8
  • Washington 6
  • Massachusetts 5

Worksite cities

Industries

  • Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 56
  • Home Health Care Services 49
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 6
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 6
  • Software Publishers 6
  • General Freight Trucking, Local 6
  • Offices of Certified Public Accountants 5
  • General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload 4
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 3
  • Software Publishers 3

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 66
  • Associate's 50
  • Master's 35
  • High School 20
  • None 18
  • Doctorate 6
  • Other 6

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 72
  • H-1B 47
  • F-1 16
  • L-1 9
  • B-2 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.