BIB Daily PERM Practice Tip: Keeping Up to Date with Forms 9089 and 9141 (Aug. 15, 2024)

BIB Daily presents bimonthly PERM practice tips from Ron Wada, member of the Editorial Board for Bender’s Immigration Bulletin and author of the 10+ year series of BALCA review articles, “Shaping the Future of PERM.”  Questions or comments may be sent to Ron at ron.wada@tandslaw.com.

The DOL has posted PDF versions of the current Form 9089 Application for Permanent Labor Certification, the Form 9141 Application for Prevailing Wage Determination, and the form instructions for each on the DOL website.  You can access them here:

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/forms

Good practice is to print these and keep a copy handy in a binder on your desktop for quick reference when drafting the online versions, and check the website periodically for updates.  The PDF versions function as relatively compact “big picture” roadmaps for the online forms (which are spread over many online pages) that can be studied whenever a question arises about where various pieces of information that are pertinent to a PERM application should go.  (For example, where to enter travel language or degree equivalency language, or a beneficiary’s non-work related qualifications.)  The current version of Form 9089 expires on 10/31/2025 while the current version of Form 9141 expires on 7/31/2026.

For further reading see:

1. Ron Wada, “Shaping the Future of PERM – Note on Travel Requirements, Prevailing Wage, and the New 9089,” 29 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 87 (Jan. 15, 2024).
2. Ron Wada, “The Nth Degree 2023 – Degree Equivalency and the New Form 9089,” 28 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 1565 (Sept. 15, 2023).