{"id":371643,"date":"2026-09-12T15:54:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T10:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=371643"},"modified":"2026-09-12T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T10:24:52","slug":"program-electronic-review-management-perm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/program-electronic-review-management-perm\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Electronic Review Management (PERM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The U.S.A Department of Labor has suspended IT services giant Cognizant\u2019s filings under Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) as authorities investigate alleged fraud and misuse of employment-based immigration programmes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Program Electronic Review Management (PERM)<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT0LLLlaICsbMV9bfpgztSSiOuRPKHzBZzZZgoD78SurA&amp;s=10\" alt=\"PERM \" width=\"237\" height=\"133\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TOI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Program Electronic Review Management (PERM)<\/strong> is the system through which<strong> employers generally obtain labour certification before sponsoring<\/strong> a foreign employee for an employment-based Green Card.\n<ul>\n<li>PERM filing is <strong>done by the employer on behalf of the worker.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Administered by:<\/strong> It is administered by the<strong> U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) <\/strong>for processing permanent labor-certification applications.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Intent of the process:\u00a0<\/strong> The process is intended<strong> to establish that hiring a foreign worker permanently<\/strong> will not adversely affect the job opportunities, wages or working conditions of U.S.A workers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How does it work<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before filing, <strong>an employer must obtain a prevailing wage determination<\/strong> for the position and carry out prescribed recruitment.<\/li>\n<li>Once the Labour Department certifies the application, the<strong> employer can proceed to the next stage of the Green Card process.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The date on which the Labour Department accepts the labour certification<\/strong> application also generally<strong> becomes the worker\u2019s \u201cpriority date\u201d,<\/strong> which is effectively their place in the queue for an employment-based immigrant visa.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is <strong>particularly important for workers from countries such as India,<\/strong> where<strong> demand for Green Cards far exceeds the number available.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Difference Between H-1B and PERM<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>An H-1B visa is a <strong>temporary, non-immigrant work visa<\/strong> that allows U.S.A employers to employ foreign professionals in specialised occupations.\n<ul>\n<li>PERM<strong>\u00a0is part of the process<\/strong> used by <strong>employers to sponsor foreign workers<\/strong> for permanent residency or a Green Card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>H-1B and PERM processes can operate at the same time.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Example: <\/strong>An Indian engineer may work for Cognizant in the U.S.A on an H-1B visa while Cognizant separately files a PERM application to sponsor that employee for a Green Card.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Note:<\/strong> The<strong> suspension of PERM filings does not automatically<\/strong> <strong>cancel<\/strong> an employee\u2019s existing H-1B status or an already-issued Green Card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The U.S.A Department of Labor has suspended IT services giant Cognizant\u2019s filings under Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) as authorities investigate alleged fraud and misuse of employment-based immigration programmes. About Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) is the system through which employers generally obtain labour certification before sponsoring a foreign&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/program-electronic-review-management-perm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Program Electronic Review Management (PERM)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,12039],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-371643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}