CASE: PERM Labor Certification
EMPLOYER: Taekwondo (Martial Arts) School
BENEFICIARY: Korean
LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio (Petitioner); Seoul, South Korea (Taekwondo Coach)
Our client is a former Taekwondo athlete who currently resides in South Korea. He had a Taekwondo school which was willing to petition him for a third-preference petition (I-140). Our client has a bachelor’s degree in a related field. After talking to our client, our firm concluded that his potential employer can petition him as a Taekwondo Coach. Based on our client’s education, professional and work background, our office determined that he was eligible for EB-3 classification for his I-140 petition. Our client eventually retained us on December 22, 2016.
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 PERM could be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. On December 23, 2016, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we obtained foreign degree evaluation report, our office filed the job order on March 21, 2017. On June 7, 2017, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on October 26, 2017, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Korean beneficiary. Now our client can file the I-140 petition.