Something to cheer about...
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) surveyed its members for 12 days in mid-July to learn how the new PERM system was operating. Although some members reported that they had received either denial or audit letters, a growing number of AILA attorneys reported receiving approvals of PERM applications:
2 reports of special handling cases being approved in 1 day.
2 applications for programmers with either 1 year or no experience required were approved.
6 reports of applications filed in Atlanta shown as approved for 2+ weeks, but no certification received yet.
One report of the client having received the certification rather than the attorney.
One report of an approved application received without the certification stamp.
Application for dentist, no experience required, approved in 3 days.
Application approved for network integrator, requiring bachelors or equivalent in engineering or related field or alternative of 2 additional years' experience, plus four years of experience that includes specific skills.
Application approved for product design engineer, requiring masters in mechanical engineering and 2 years experience. Special skills also required.
Application for chef requiring 2 years experience and special skills filed 6/21, approved 7/8.
Application for accountant, BA plus one year experience, midsized company, filed 7/6, approved 7/14.
Application approved for lighting designer requiring master's degree, no experience and special skills.
Application approved for dental technology manager requiring 4 years of training (including some specialized training) and no experience.
Application approved for chef requiring 2 years experience in job offered.
Application approved for chemical technician requiring bachelor's in chemistry, no experience and special skills.
Application approved for sales engineer requiring master's degree, 4 years experience and special skills.
Application approved for database administrator requiring bachelors' in computer science or computer engineering and 5 years experience in job offered.
Application approved for software developer requiring master's in computer science, no experience and special skills.
Application approved for software engineer requiring master's in computer science, 6 months experience and special skills.
Application approved for software developer requiring master's in computer science, no experience and special skills.
Application on behalf of a copywriter was immediately denied. Attorney noted that the Inc. at the end of the company name had been omitted, and refiledg with that filled in. There also was a recruitment step within the past 30 days, which should be accepted under the regulations but which had been a decision logic problem. The second application was subsequently approved, and the first one is in "final review." The attorney would like to withdraw the first one, but so far there is no known process for this.
Filed a PERM on June 21, 2005 and it was certified on July 1, 2005.
Application filed 6/10; approved 6/15 in time to get the I-140/485 filed before the June 30 EB-3 cutoff.
"I have received two approvals. One was approved in two days...One approved about a week after submission."
Two approvals received in about 5 days.
"I filed my very first PERM case online on 6/23/2005. I received the certified application [on] 7/11/05 so processing time was exactly 2 weeks. After I submitted the case online, my client employer received an email from DOL asking them to confirm that the application had been filed for them by their agent. Then DOL followed it up with a telephone call asking the same question, to confirm the filing. No other questions were asked."
TPS Extended for Certain Somalis On July 28, the DHS announced that the Temporary Protected Status of certain Somalis would be extended to September 17, 2006. We link to the CIS Press Release at
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) surveyed its members for 12 days in mid-July to learn how the new PERM system was operating. Although some members reported that they had received either denial or audit letters, a growing number of AILA attorneys reported receiving approvals of PERM applications:
2 reports of special handling cases being approved in 1 day.
2 applications for programmers with either 1 year or no experience required were approved.
6 reports of applications filed in Atlanta shown as approved for 2+ weeks, but no certification received yet.
One report of the client having received the certification rather than the attorney.
One report of an approved application received without the certification stamp.
Application for dentist, no experience required, approved in 3 days.
Application approved for network integrator, requiring bachelors or equivalent in engineering or related field or alternative of 2 additional years' experience, plus four years of experience that includes specific skills.
Application approved for product design engineer, requiring masters in mechanical engineering and 2 years experience. Special skills also required.
Application for chef requiring 2 years experience and special skills filed 6/21, approved 7/8.
Application for accountant, BA plus one year experience, midsized company, filed 7/6, approved 7/14.
Application approved for lighting designer requiring master's degree, no experience and special skills.
Application approved for dental technology manager requiring 4 years of training (including some specialized training) and no experience.
Application approved for chef requiring 2 years experience in job offered.
Application approved for chemical technician requiring bachelor's in chemistry, no experience and special skills.
Application approved for sales engineer requiring master's degree, 4 years experience and special skills.
Application approved for database administrator requiring bachelors' in computer science or computer engineering and 5 years experience in job offered.
Application approved for software developer requiring master's in computer science, no experience and special skills.
Application approved for software engineer requiring master's in computer science, 6 months experience and special skills.
Application approved for software developer requiring master's in computer science, no experience and special skills.
Application on behalf of a copywriter was immediately denied. Attorney noted that the Inc. at the end of the company name had been omitted, and refiledg with that filled in. There also was a recruitment step within the past 30 days, which should be accepted under the regulations but which had been a decision logic problem. The second application was subsequently approved, and the first one is in "final review." The attorney would like to withdraw the first one, but so far there is no known process for this.
Filed a PERM on June 21, 2005 and it was certified on July 1, 2005.
Application filed 6/10; approved 6/15 in time to get the I-140/485 filed before the June 30 EB-3 cutoff.
"I have received two approvals. One was approved in two days...One approved about a week after submission."
Two approvals received in about 5 days.
"I filed my very first PERM case online on 6/23/2005. I received the certified application [on] 7/11/05 so processing time was exactly 2 weeks. After I submitted the case online, my client employer received an email from DOL asking them to confirm that the application had been filed for them by their agent. Then DOL followed it up with a telephone call asking the same question, to confirm the filing. No other questions were asked."
TPS Extended for Certain Somalis On July 28, the DHS announced that the Temporary Protected Status of certain Somalis would be extended to September 17, 2006. We link to the CIS Press Release at