Perm Processing Times 2024 March 1. Actual processing times for each employer’s perm application may vary from the average depending on material facts and individual circumstances of the case. As of december 1, 2024, the department of labor (dol) was conducting analyst review for perm applications filed in september 2023 or earlier, and processing audited.
By the end of march 2024, the average perm adjudication processing time was 397 days, and the average processing time for audit review was 477 days. In this latest update, the dol also provided the average number of days to process perm applications for initial analyst review (387 days) and for audited cases (478.