As of March 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has started deleting case records that are more than five years old from the Foreign Labor Access Gateway (FLAG) system....more
4/2/2025
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On March 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the immediate termination of the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) parole programs. ...more
3/28/2025
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On December 21, 2024, President Biden signed a stopgap spending bill into law to fund the federal government through March 14, 2025, following approval by the U.S. Senate just hours before the deadline to avoid a government...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced that the legacy iCERT system for the preparation and submission of labor certification applications will be fully decommissioned on...more
The June 2024 Visa Bulletin shows no forward movement in employment-based preference categories, but retrogression could occur soon, according to the U.S. Department of State....more
5/14/2024
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On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued a landmark executive order (EO) on artificial intelligence (AI) aimed at transforming the landscape of technology, labor, and immigration in the United States. This sweeping...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has announced plans to revise the permanent labor certification (PERM) process in an effort to streamline the program, improve the employer...more