CASE: PERM Labor Certification
EMPLOYER: Heavy Equipment Rental Company
BENEFICIARY: Filipino KRB Electronic Test Engineer
LOCATION: Christiansted, VI
Our client has a current employer that was willing to petition him for a third-preference petition (I-140). Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering and has worked for his current employer since September 2017. Based on our client’s education and work background, our office determined that he is eligible for EB-3 classification for his I-140 petition. Our client eventually retained us on December 12, 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 filing. Take note that the PERM application could 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 April 28, 2020. On September 24, 2020, we promptly filed PERM.
Eventually, on May 7, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipino beneficiary. Our client can file the I-140 petition at any time.