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Tuesday

PERM decisions, October 20, 2026

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Certified

755

13% below a usual Tuesday (864)

Denied

20

10 fewer than a usual Tuesday (30)

Withdrawn

18

3 fewer than a usual Tuesday (21)

by the employer

Letters sent

39

an RFI, an audit or a notice to the employer

This day is complete: it ran from 7 AM Eastern to 7 AM the next morning, when DOL's evening work lands.

Which filing dates DOL certified

8 in 10 of the day's certifications were filed between December 15 and December 31, 2025. The busiest filing day was December 30, 2025, with 110.

Certified cases by the month they were filed, with each month's share of the day
Filed in Certified
Nov 2025 31 (4%)
Dec 2025 640 (85%)
Jan 2026 73 (10%)
5 other months 11 (1%)

The whole span runs from November 9, 2024 to January 18, 2026: a few older cases come back from an RFI or an appeal, and a few newer ones are decided out of order.

The day in one line

For a group chat, with the page's address typed out.

DOL certified 755 PERM cases on Tuesday, October 20. 8 in 10 were filed between December 15 and December 31, 2025. 20 denied, 18 withdrawn. Every case: permtracker.app/perm-updates/2026-10-20

The cases

Every PERM case DOL moved that day. Pick a status to narrow the list.

850 of 850 PERM cases

Prevailing wage requests

DOL issued 928 wage determinations, 8 in 10 of them on requests filed between July 8 and July 16, 2026, and asked for more on 131. Every wage request DOL moved that day

Per-case statuses through Nov 12, 2026 · Wage request statuses through Nov 12, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.

The sources in full

Per-case statuses: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Nov 12, 2026 · daily

Wage request statuses: flag.dol.gov case status (DOL, direct) · data through Nov 12, 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.

Wage request statuses: Live status of prevailing wage requests, pending included. The wage itself isn't here. It arrives with the quarterly file.

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