Current PERM processing month
The official standard-case month is September 2025 as of August 7, 2026. That is DOL's published in-process marker, not a live case list.
Standard cases now in process
Official FLAGSeptember 2025
Published August 7, 2026
- Audited cases
- December 2025
- Reconsideration
- March 2026
- Standard-case average
- 372 days
- Audit average
- Not published
Analyst average is for July 2026 determinations. Audit average was not published in this update.
Source: FLAG processing times. FLAG replaces the PERM table around the close of the first work week. Current snapshot: August 7, 2026. Daily FLAG decisions can still come from a nearby filing month. How the numbers work.
What changed in this publication
Standard cases moved from July 2025 to September 2025 (+2 mo). The published standard-case average went from 403 to 372 days (−31 days). Audited cases stayed at December 2025. DOL did not publish an Audit average in the later update.
| Metric | July 17, 2026 | August 7, 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard cases | July 2025 | September 2025 | +2 mo |
| Audited cases | December 2025 | December 2025 | Unchanged |
| Reconsideration | March 2026 | March 2026 | Unchanged |
| Analyst average | 403 days | 372 days | −31 days |
| Audit average | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not published |
Sources: BAL record of FLAG, July 17, 2026 and FLAG processing times, August 7, 2026. Cells that were not recorded stay marked as such.
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