[huy-nguyen]

Hi Peter. 2 questions for you:

1) PERM processing time keeps getting longer and longer (now at 11 months, up from 5-6 months a few years ago). Do you know why or if DOL has any plans to improve it?

2) What’s the current average PERM-based I-485 processing time you’re seeing in your office? Any processing time advantage to submitting I-485 separately versus concurrently with I-140?

Thanks.

[proberts]

1. I thought that one of the purposes of the new PERM form and system was to improve the overall processing but things have only gotten worse and the expectation unfortunately is not that things will get better. 2. All over the place although the majority of employment-based I-485 applications seems to be approved within 6 months.