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PERM queue

Filed June 2023

8,300 applications carry a June 2023 filing date. 8,283 have a decision. 17 were still waiting when the scan last checked.

Anything undecided here is read from DOL’s own case-status search, in batches, every 12 hours. That page is also the authority for any single case. Because it is a sweep rather than a live reading, a case decided between sweeps still counts as waiting here, so these backlog figures run a little high rather than a little low.

Where this month sits

DOL publishes November 2025 as the filing month its analyst review is working as of August 28, 2026, so it has worked past June 2023. Anything still open here is behind the main queue rather than waiting for its turn.

Nothing filed before June 2023 is still undecided, so this month has no queue in front of it.

Still pending

None of them are in analyst review, the ordinary queue that moves in filing order. Every one is in a queue that takes a case out of that order, so their wait doesn’t follow the month.

  • Analyst review 0 the ordinary queue, worked in filing order
  • Out of filing order 0 an information request, an audit, supervised recruitment or a hold takes a case off the ordinary queue
  • Under appeal or review 17 cases that went to appeal after an adverse determination
Every DOL status a pending case filed in June 2023 was last seen in, grouped by queue
DOL status Cases
Under appeal or review 17
BALCA Appeals 11
Denied - BALCA Dismissed 6

Already decided

8,283 of the 8,300 applications filed in June 2023 have a final determination.

  • Certified - Expired 7,908
  • Denied 189
  • Withdrawn 186

Per-case statuses: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Sep 1, 2026 · daily

Processing times: DOL FLAG (flag.dol.gov/processingtimes) · data through Aug 28, 2026 · daily