PERM processing time for 2025 filings
Each 2025 filing month against the official standard-case month. Some cases can remain after that month moves.
Standard cases now in process
Official FLAGSeptember 2025
Published August 7, 2026
2025 filing months vs the official month
Against the published standard-case month of September 2025.
- Before
- 8
- Same month
- 1
- After
- 3
January–August
September
October–December
As of August 7, 2026, recently finished standard cases averaged 372 days. DOL did not publish an audit-review average in this update. Those figures are not a clearance rate for 2025 filings and are not a USCIS I-140 or green-card timer. Against the published audit month of December 2025: 11 before, 1 the same.
Before the official month8
| Filing month | Reading | Gap | Open calculator |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | Before official month | 8 months before | Compare |
| February 2025 | Before official month | 7 months before | Compare |
| March 2025 | Before official month | 6 months before | Compare |
| April 2025 | Before official month | 5 months before | Compare |
| May 2025 | Before official month | 4 months before | Compare |
| June 2025 | Before official month | 3 months before | Compare |
| July 2025 | Before official month | 2 months before | Compare |
| August 2025 | Before official month | 1 month before | Compare |
Same as the official month1
| Filing month | Reading | Gap | Open calculator |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Same month | Same month | Compare |
Before the official month does not mean every case from that month is finished. Audit, holds, and reconsideration can keep a file pending after the official marker moves on. How the numbers work
Compare your filing month with the official standard-case month
Standard cases now in process: September 2025. Month gap only, not an approval date.
Filing month
ETA-9089 filing month, not PWD or priority date.
Queue
Most filings use Standard. Use Audit only if DOL audited the file.
Official standard-case month: September 2025
Select a filing month to compare
The result is how many months your filing sits from that official month. It is not a decision date.