Analyst Review
April 2025
avg 501 calendar days
Priority Months Currently Being Processed
"March 2026" in a row means OFLC analysts are presently working through filings received in that month. New filings join the back of the queue.
Audit Review
November 2025
avg 343 calendar days
Reconsideration
January 2026
What this means for your filing schedule
PERM processing happens in three stages: analyst review (initial decision), audit review (cases pulled for additional verification), and reconsideration (re-review after an initial denial). The priority month shown above tells you which filing-month batch the analysts are presently working through.
For active recruitment cycles, use these dates to back into a realistic filing window. If analyst review is currently working through April 2025 filings, a case filed today is roughly 14-16 months from initial decision. Audit and reconsideration add more time depending on whether the case is selected.
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