CASE: PERM Labor Certification
EMPLOYER: Public School District
BENEFICIARY: Filipina High School Science Teacher
LOCATION: Casa Grande, AZ
Our client has a current employer that was willing to petition her for a third-preference petition (I-140). She has a Bachelor’s degree in Education, a valid Arizona Teaching license, and has worked for her current employer since September 2015. Based on her education and credentials, our office determined that she is eligible for EB-3 classification. Our client eventually retained us in September 2019.
Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM. Take note that the PERM application could only be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on February 7, 2020. The ads were also done. On April 16, 2020, we filed PERM.
On September 24, 2020, the Department of Labor issued an audit. The DOL requested documents from the Petitioner to determine whether the recruitment process was done properly. In response to the Audit request, our office prepared the response to Audit brief along with Employer’s declaration, notice of filing, and recruitment documentation on October 20, 2020.
Eventually, on March 22, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipina beneficiary. Our client can now file the I-140 petition at any time.