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    February 24, 2005
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A test of the U.S. labor market is the first stage for most employer-sponsored green card applications, and PERM will completely change the way employers undertake this labor market test.  There are important new rules governing recruitment, maintenance of recruitment reports, the wages than an employer must offer, special job requirements, and conversion of pending cases to PERM cases.

Our featured presenters are A. James Vá zquez-Azpiri, Esq., Partner and Director of Morgan Lewis Resources - Immigration in San Francisco and, Eric S. Bord, Esq., Director of Morgan Lewis Resources - Immigration in Washington.

James and Eric will discuss and answer your questions regarding:

  • The most crucial provisions of PERM and its application.
  • How the provisions will affect the time and expense that employers dedicate to the labor certification process. 
  • Useful criteria for determining which cases might be successful under the new PERM system, and which cases might not.

As of March 28, all new labor certifications must be filed under the PERM process.  Also, certain labor certifications currently pending with the DOL may be converted to PERM after March 28.  Employers must quickly learn the new rules for filing PERM cases, and should be assessing whether there are labor certification which, for strategic reasons, should be filed prior to PERM's effective date.  Also employers will need to analyze whether currently pending cases should be converted.

We hope you can join us.  Please direct any questions about this event to Morgan Lewis Resources Events at contact.resources@morganlewis.com.