CASE: PERM Labor Certification
EMPLOYER: Public School District
BENEFICIARY: Filipina Elementary School Teacher
LOCATION: Mohave Valley, AZ
Our client has an employer that was willing to petition for a third-preference teaching position (I-140). Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, a valid Arizona Teaching license, and has worked for her current employer since July 2014. Based on our client’s education and license background, she is eligible for EB-3 classification. Our client eventually retained us in May 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 September 13, 2019. On January 7, 2020, we promptly filed PERM.
On July 28, 2020, the Department of Labor issued a request for 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 August 18, 2020.
Eventually, on December 23, 2020, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipina beneficiary. Our client can file the I-140 petition at any time.