· Processing Changes and Timelines: The current Regions and State Offices will be gradually phased out as follows:
o The State offices will cease to take a new permanent labor certification applications effective January 1, 2005 regardless of the PERM program.
o Until January 1, 2005, the State Offices will take new cases under the existing labor certification regulation.
o If the State Offices complete processing of certain cases and are ready for forwarding to the current Regional Offices for certification before the end of the year, they are required to forward the completed cases to the current Regional Certifying Officers as they did it in the past.
o If the State Offices opened the cases but were unable to complete processing of the opened cases by December 31, 2004, they are required to continue and complete processing of such cases and forward such cases for certification not to the Regional Certifying Officer but to one of the NPC in Chicago or Atlanta.
o If the State Offices have cases which were received but unopened or processed, such cases are required to be transferred to the BECs in Philadelphia and Dallas under the following schedules:
o 10/1/04: Large number of oldest cases will be transferred to the BEC from San Francisco.
Please see in Red. it looks that they will take care of our cases too.
GP111, please correct me in i am wrong.
Vivek
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