Indiana SWA LCs that never went to Regional are not even being entered at the Dallas BEC (even though they were shipped a month ago). This is because the Dallas BEC
WRONGLY ASSUMES that Regional cases MUST BE OLDDER than SWA cases. As many of us on this forum know we filed in 2001 (RIR even!) and never got our approvals! If you look at the tracker you will find Indiana SWA cases are the OLDEST (other than a few problem cases at the Regional Level).
At this point I think it is important to ALERT Dallas BEC of this issue. I am told that the DOL Secretary wants to hear of issues with the BEC process. So those of you ESPECIALLY with applications filed in 2001 and 2002: if you can get your employer and/or attorneys to draft a letter to the DOL sec and to the DALLAS BEC alerting them of our condition - I think it's our best chance at getting out applications looked at. Otherwise the BEC will wait to enter our applications till the end (who knows when???) and so even with our early PDs our applications won't get looked at - since they won't have our 45 day letter responses. Which means we could wait for another 2 years or more!!!
Here is the address to contact them:
Elaine L. Chao (DOL’s Secretary)
Employment and Training Agency
U.S. Department of Labor
Frances Perkins Building
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20210
Dallas BackLOG Center Address:
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
700 North Pearl St., Suite 400N
Dallas, Texas 75201
Phone: (214) 237-9111
Fax: (214) 237-9135