Archive for the ‘iCERT’ Category
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) contemplates enforcing a new centralized prevailing wage determination (PWD) procedure form January 01, 2010. As a result, the current process of obtaining PWDs from the local State Workforce Agencies (SWA) will cease to exist. A new 7-page form ETA 9141(includes 4 pages of instruction) ...
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have published Question and Answers regarding the extension of filing period of H-1B petitions without Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) that have been certified by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) until March 9, 2010. This is a temporary measure, USCIS is providing to ...
Posted in DOL, Filing Period Extended, H-1B, H-1B Visa, iCERT, LCA, Non-Immigrant Visas, Petition Without Certified LCAs, Q&As, USCIS | No Comments »
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have announced that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions filed with uncertified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for a temporary period, commencing on November 5, 2009 and ending on March 4, 2010. As it has been noticed that Department of Labor’s (DOL) new “iCERT” ...
Posted in DOL, H-1B, H-1B Petitions without Certified LCA Acceptable, iCERT, USCIS | No Comments »
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Sensing the need to provide all users adequate time to fully shift to the new iCERT system, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has decided to maintain the old Labor Certification Application (LCA) system until June 30, 2009. However, the OFLC is encouraging users to acquaint themselves with the ...
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Overview
Beginning May 15, 2009, all employers and attorneys or agents will have to be ready with their user accounts in the new portal system being introduced by the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) for LCA and PERM filings. The DOL is expediting its plan ...
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