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The Department of Labor Announces that the Office of Foreign Labor Certification has Resumed Application Processing

Agency announcementPublished Oct 31, 2025

OFLC administers the labor-certification step that comes BEFORE a USCIS petition. An OFLC certification is not a visa, not an approval, and not permission to work. It is one prerequisite among several.

What the document says

The Department of Labor has resumed processing of employer requests for prevailing wages and labor certification determinations for temporary and permanent employment in the United States. The Office of Foreign Labor Certification’s (OFLC) Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system is now...

Who the document names

The document does not name specific countries or visa categories in its scope language. Read the original to confirm whether it applies to a particular case.

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DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification announcements, checked Aug 2, 2026
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