PERM : Address for Mail-In PERM Applications
Posted Feb 11, 2005
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Notice in the Federal Register on February 8, 2005 providing mailing addresses for labor certifications under PERM. These addresses are for employers that choose to mail their applications rather than use the online system. The DOL took the opportunity to again emphasize that they prefer electronic filings for all PERM applications and that they generally expect electronic filings to be processed more quickly. PERM electronic filings will be made through a specific website (http://www.workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/foreign). As of this writing, since PERM is not yet in effect, that URL does not yet contain the PERM filing information.
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If an employer chooses not to file electronically and the area of intended employment is in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington D.C., or West Virginia, it should be filed with the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Harris Tower, 233 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 410, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
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If an employer chooses not to file electronically and the area of intended employment is in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, or Wyoming, it should be filed with the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 844 North Rush Street, 12th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
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The Notice also provides that all labor certification cases received by the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with a postmark of March 28, 2005 or later will be returned to the sender. March 28, 2005 is the effective date of the PERM labor certification regulation. All cases filed under current procedures and postmarked before March 28, 2005 should be accepted by the SWAs and processed under current procedures, either under the regular Labor Certification or RIR process, rather than PERM. To be safe, it may be better to ensure that files are actually received at the SWAs before March 28, 2005, if the parties wish to file under the existing program instead of PERM.