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DOL Processing Times
| Last Updated: January 13, 2005 |
| Regional Office |
Regular Labor Certification |
H-2A | H-2B | Update | | Boston |
Aug. 2004 | Nov. 2004 | Dec. 2004 |
Jan. 2005 | | New York |
April 2004 | N/A |
Dec. 2004 |
Jan. 2005 | | Philadelphia |
March 2003 |
Jan. 2005 |
Dec. 2004 |
Jan. 2005 | | Atlanta |
June 2004 | Dec. 2004
| Jan. 2005 |
Jan. 2005 | | Chicago |
Nov. 2004 | Dec. 2004
| Dec. 2004 |
Jan. 2005 | | Dallas |
March 2000 |
Dec. 2004 |
Dec. 2004 |
Jan. 2005 |
| Denver |
Dec. 2004 |
Dec. 2004 | N/A |
Jan. 2005 | | San Francisco |
Jan. 2003 | N/A |
N/A | Jan. 2005 | | Seattle |
Nov. 2004 |
N/A | N/A |
Jan. 2005 | |
| Regional Office | States Under Regional Office | | Boston | Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont | | New York | New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands | |
Philadelphia | Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia | | Atlanta | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee | | Chicago | Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin | | Dallas |
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas | | Kansas City | Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska | | Denver | Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming | | San Francisco |
Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii and Nevada | |
Seattle |
Arkansas, Idaho, Oregon and Washington |
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How to Calculate Labor Certification Processing Timings?
Processing times for Labor Certifications are a combination of State Processing Times (SESA) and DOL Regional Processing Times.
1. State Level: The labor certification is first filed with the SESA (State Employment Security Agency) that has jurisdiction over the place of employment. Example: California - May 2002
i.e. California SESA is currently processing cases it received in its offices in May 2002. 2. Federal Level: Once the SESA approves the Labor Certification, it transmits all the documents to the appropriate DOL (Department of Labor) Regional Office for the final approval of the Labor Certification Application. The processing times mentioned against a particular region indicate that they are processing the cases received from SESA office as of that date. Example: Boston (Regular Labor Certification) - April 2002
i.e. The DOL Boston regional office is currently processing the cases received from SESA by its offices in April 2002 and before. |
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DOL Processing Times