PERM, or the Program Electronic Review Management System, is the process through which employers looking to hire foreign nationals to work in the United States on a permanent basis may gain approval. PERM applicants must file form ETA 9089 with the Department of Labor.

It has been a year of frequent audits, huge backlog for I-140s and a recent prediction of decrease in IT jobs due to recession – all leading to a substantial drop in Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) applications this year compared to 2007.The Department of Labor’s Second Quarter Performance report showed that PERM applications this [...]