Updated
Filed October 2023
100% decided
12,406 of the 12,425 applications filed in October 2023 have a decision.
- 11,399 certified
- 125 denied
- 882 withdrawn by the employer
- 19 on hold, at an RFI or on appeal
- In DOL's line
- 0
- analyst review, worked in filing order
- Outside the line
- 19
- on hold, at an RFI or on appeal
- DOL's queue has passed this month
- 0
- still in line, decided as DOL gets to them
This is a sweep, not a live reading, so a case decided between sweeps still counts as waiting here: the backlog figures run a little high rather than a little low.
Where these come from
Anything undecided here is read from DOL’s own case-status search, in batches: every case daily, and the undecided ones at least twice a day. That page is also the authority for any single case.
Where this month sits
DOL publishes December 2025 as the filing month its analyst review is working as of October 5, 2026, so it has worked past October 2023. Anything still open here is behind the main queue rather than waiting for its turn.
71 cases filed before October 2023 were undecided at their last check, so that’s what sits in front of this month, counting only cases DOL still has to decide. Some will have been decided since, so it runs a little high. It isn’t divided into a wait: the timeline calculator gives the envelope, from the spread of cases DOL has actually decided.
Filed in October 2023?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
Every status, pending and decided, and the October 2023 cases themselves
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 19 cases that went to appeal after an adverse determination
| DOL status | Cases |
|---|---|
| Under appeal or review 19 | |
| BALCA Appeals | 19 |
Already decided
12,406 of the 12,425 applications filed in October 2023 have a final determination.
- Certified - Expired 11,399
- Withdrawn 882
- Denied 123
- Denied - BALCA Dismissed 2
Who filed in October 2023
23 of the 12,425 October 2023 filings aren't in DOL's published files yet: 19 still waiting, 4 decided since the last file. DOL's case-status service gives the employer, job title and status. Everything else arrives when DOL publishes the case.
Newer than DOL's published files
Live from DOL's case-status service
23 live cases were filed in October 2023: 19 still waiting, 4 decided since DOL's last published file. Wage, law firm, state and decision date arrive when DOL publishes the case.
| Case | Status | Employer | Job title | Filed | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G-200-23304-467224 | BALCA Appeals | Dorrington Medical Associates, PA | Yoga Instructor | Filed 2023-10-31 | |
| G-100-23303-466240 | BALCA Appeals | The Wine Group LLC | Senior Programmer Analysts | Filed 2023-10-30 | |
| G-100-23303-463686 | BALCA Appeals | Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership | Lead Solution Architect | Filed 2023-10-30 | |
| G-200-23300-461089 | BALCA Appeals | Semaan Marketing | Purchasing Manager | Filed 2023-10-27 | |
| G-100-23300-460895 | BALCA Appeals | Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership | Lead Solution Architect | Filed 2023-10-27 | |
| G-100-23300-460875 | BALCA Appeals | Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership | Lead Solution Architect | Filed 2023-10-27 | |
| G-100-23300-459876 | Denied - BALCA Dismissed | LOSARDO General Contractors, Inc. | Project Engineer | Filed 2023-10-27 | |
| G-200-23299-459191 | BALCA Appeals | LAREE ADDA | COOK | Filed 2023-10-26 | |
| G-100-23299-458014 | Denied - BALCA Dismissed | Salesforce, Inc. | Software Engineering MTS | Filed 2023-10-26 | |
| G-100-23297-453419 | BALCA Appeals | Cognier Inc | Software Developer | Filed 2023-10-24 | |
| G-100-23297-453079 | BALCA Appeals | Cognier Inc | QA Analyst | Filed 2023-10-24 | |
| G-100-23297-452906 | BALCA Appeals | Circle Square Foundation | Financial Analyst | Filed 2023-10-24 | |
| G-100-23297-452827 | BALCA Appeals | Cognier Inc | Java Developer | Filed 2023-10-24 | |
| G-100-23297-452809 | BALCA Appeals | Cognier Inc | Software Developer | Filed 2023-10-24 | |
| G-100-23297-452685 | BALCA Appeals | Cognier Inc | Software Engineer | Filed 2023-10-24 | |
| G-200-23296-448918 | Denied | New Energy Events, LLC | Conference Producer | Filed 2023-10-23 | |
| G-100-23296-451230 | BALCA Appeals | APPLE INC. | Front End Engineer | Filed 2023-10-23 | |
| G-200-23292-443145 | BALCA Appeals | MSSSS LLC. | Cook (Indian Food) | Filed 2023-10-19 | |
| G-100-23292-443728 | BALCA Appeals | MAXIMUS Inc. | Associate Engineer - Software Engineering | Filed 2023-10-19 | |
| G-100-23280-416830 | BALCA Appeals | MeridianLink, Inc. | Software Engineer | Filed 2023-10-07 | |
| G-100-23279-416098 | BALCA Appeals | Taiho Aviation Inc | Market research analysts | Filed 2023-10-06 | |
| G-100-23277-410294 | BALCA Appeals | Maestro Food Co. dba Tovala | FSQA Manager | Filed 2023-10-04 | |
| G-100-23276-407342 | Withdrawn | Databricks, Inc. | Senior Solutions Engineer | Filed 2023-10-03 |
All 23 live October 2023 filings, pending and decided, newest first. DOL doesn't decide a month in filing order, so decisions won't follow this list.
Per-case statuses: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Oct 18, 2026 · daily
Processing times: DOL FLAG (flag.dol.gov/processingtimes) · data through Oct 5, 2026 · daily
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.
Processing times: DOL's published queue position and average determination time. DOL's own figure, not ours.