OFLC Announces Final Decommission of Permanent Online System and USCIS Offers Guidance for Filing I-140 Using New Form ETA-9089
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced that the legacy iCERT system for the preparation and submission of labor certification applications will be fully decommissioned on December 1, 2024 , as part of the DOL’s permanent labor certification (PERM) technology modernization initiative . Quick Hits In 2018, OFLC replaced the iCERT system with the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system, and successfully transitioned prevailing wage determinations, among other visa programs, to the new system. On May 16, 2023, OFLC began accepting the new Form ETA-9089 on the FLAG system. The OFLC recently began issuing PERM certifications for cases filed in the FLAG system, using the new version of the Form ETA-9089. USCIS has offered guidance on filing Form I-140 using the new Form ETA-9089. The legacy Permanent Online System, which provides public access to permanent labor certification applications and final determinations, will ...