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DOL data updated October 31, 2026See the trend
PERM processing time is 300 days
DOL is deciding cases filed around January 2026. Enter your filing date and get your likely decision month.
The PERM estimator. Your likely decision month from your filing date.
We infer the filing month DOL is deciding from its published average days, then project when that front reaches your month at its pace over the last six months.
- Last 30 days
- 300 days
- Last 90 days
- 315 days
- Last 180 days
- 360 days
Source: DOL FLAG processing times, October 31, 2026. Audited cases queue separately; audit review is on cases filed in December 2025. Next update around December 4, 2026.
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PERM review times since 2020. From 164 days to a high of 512.
In November 2020 DOL took 164 days on average to decide a PERM case. It peaked at 512 days in February 2026 and is 300 days now.
Backtested on 456 past points: half of the estimates landed within 39 days, 80% within 78.
The prevailing wage queue. The step before PERM.
Employers need a prevailing wage determination before filing PERM. As of September 30, 2026, DOL is working on PERM requests filed in June 2026. The bars show what is still open for each month.
Filing month DOL is working onJune 2026
The five green card steps
PERM is the second. How long each step takes now; open one for the detail.
- Prevailing wage (PWD)DOLWorking on June 2026 requests
- PERM labor certificationDOL300 days on average
- I-140 petitionUSCISPremium: 15 business days. Regular: months
- Priority date currentVisa BulletinEB-2 India November 1, 2013, China October 1, 2021 (November 2026)
- I-485 adjustmentUSCISFiled once your date is current; months to decide
Green card sponsors. Approval rate, processing time and salary for each.
Public DOL data on every employer with 25 or more decided PERM cases, including the companies that sponsor EB-3 unskilled (other worker) jobs.
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PERM questions
What is the current PERM processing time?
As of October 31, 2026, PERM cases DOL decided in the last 30 days took 300 days on average. The 90-day average is 315 days and the 180-day average 360. Audited cases take longer.
Is the estimated date guaranteed?
No. DOL’s pace changes with staffing, policy and volume. You get a statistical estimate with an 80% range, not a DOL commitment and not legal advice.
What happens after PERM is approved?
Your employer files the I-140 within 180 days. Then you wait for your priority date, the PERM filing date, to be current in the Visa Bulletin before filing I-485.
How often is this updated?
DOL updates at the end of the first work week of each month. We check every Monday. Next update around December 4, 2026.
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