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Wednesday

PERM decisions, October 21, 2026

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Certified

704

About a usual Wednesday (728)

Denied

45

5 more than a usual Wednesday (40)

Withdrawn

29

13 more than a usual Wednesday (16)

by the employer

Letters sent

27

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 18, 2025 and January 20, 2026. The busiest filing day was January 6, 2026, with 85.

Certified cases by the month they were filed, with each month's share of the day
Filed in Certified
Nov 2025 27 (4%)
Dec 2025 354 (50%)
Jan 2026 303 (43%)
7 other months 20 (3%)

The whole span runs from November 22, 2024 to February 1, 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 704 PERM cases on Wednesday, October 21. 8 in 10 were filed between December 18, 2025 and January 20, 2026. 45 denied, 29 withdrawn. Every case: permtracker.app/perm-updates/2026-10-21

The cases

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

879 of 879 PERM cases

Prevailing wage requests

DOL issued 794 wage determinations, 8 in 10 of them on requests filed between July 9 and July 17, 2026, and asked for more on 145. 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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