Source: American Immigration Lawyers Association
Processing times in Days (Part 1)
Receive Transmit Decision Instructions to Region by Region SESA Off./Region (1) (2) (3) Alabama (Atlanta) 90-240 20-60 120-240 Albuquerque, NM (Dallas) 7-10 7-10 240-270 Austin, TX (Dallas) 45-90 30-45 14-120 Balt./VA/DC 180-240 60-120 90-120 Boston, MA (Boston) 220-240 60-90 90-120 Brooklyn, NY (NYC) 365-390 14-30 240-270 Buffalo, NY (NYC) 330 30 150 Columbus, OH (Chicago) 21-75 10-25 100-400 Chicago, IL (Chicago) 300-365 30-90 365 Clearwater, FL (Atlanta) 5-10 15-45 90-180 Dallas, TX (Dallas) 150-180 14-180 14-120 Denver, CO (Denver) 45-60 30-45 90-120 Detroit, MI (Chicago) 180 30 350 Frankfort, KY (Atlanta) 14-21 21-30 180-270 Georgia (Atlanta) 150 60 150 Houston, TX (Dallas) 150-180 60-120 120-150 Indianapolis, IN (Chicago)60-90 7-14 300-400 Kansas (Kansas City) 60-90 30-90 510-560 Lincoln, NE (Kansas City) 10-15 20-30 365-450 Las Vegas (San Francisco) 15-20 40-60 180-240 Los Angeles (San Fran.) 182-270 180-240 270-300 Madison, WI (Chicago) 20-40 20-40 330-390 Miami, FL (Atlanta) 120-150 180-210 150-180 Missouri (Kansas City) 150-180 30-60 180-430 New Orleans (Dallas) 60-120 10-30 30-120 New York, NY (NYC) 330 30 150 Oklahoma City, OK (Dallas)160-190 90-120 60-90 Philadelphia (Phil.) 7-14 15-30 180-270 Phoenix, A.Z (San Francisco)45-60 90-120 180 Pittsburgh (Phil.) 14-21 n/a 60-90 Raleigh, NC (Atlanta) 180-210 30-60 60-120 Salem, OR (Seattle) 60 n/a 330 Seattle, WA (Seattle) 180-240 7-30 n/a Sacramento, CA (San Fran) 150-360 5-10 390 Salt Lake City, UT (Denver) 30-60 14-30 180-240 Tallahassee, FL (Atlanta) 7 14 180 Trenton, NJ (New York) 365-395 30-45 240-300 Wethersfield, CT (Boston) 150 14 120-150 Tampa, FL (Atlanta) 30-45 90-120 150-210
Further Explanation of 1-3:
(1) = Time from initial filing with SESA until ad instructions received. (How long does it take the SESA to send ad instructions?)
(2) = Time from filing final recruitment documentation with SESA until transmission to regional DOL. (How long does it take SESA to review and send to DOL?)
(3) = Time from receipt of final recruitment documentation by regional DOL until decision. (Once Regional DOL gets it, how long does it take?)
Processing times in Days (Part 2) Region Total in Resp./NOF Time LCAs SESA Off./Region (4) (5) (6) Alabama (Atlanta) 3 240-450 2-7 Albuquerque, NM (Dallas) 30-60 300-365 30-60 Austin, TX (Dallas) 30-45 300-420 7-14 Balt./VA/DC 60-90 240-365 3 Boston, MA (Boston) 90-120 n/a 14-21 Brooklyn, NY (NYC) 14-21 910 7 Buffalo, NY (NYC) 30 540 14 Columbus, OH (Chicago) 20-50 450-600 14-21 Chicago, IL (Chicago) n/a 730 10-14 Clearwater, FL (Atlanta) 60-120 240-300 10-14 Dallas, TX (Dallas) n/a 180-480 7-10 Denver, CO (Denver) 60-90 270-365 5-7 Detroit, MI (Chicago) n/a 475 21 Frankfort, KY (Atlanta) 21-30 270-365 2-4 Georgia (Atlanta) 120 365 7 Houston, TX (Dallas) 30-45 400-450 7 Indianapolis, IN (Chicago) 60-100 400-500 7-14 Kansas (Kansas City) 120-180 720-920 7-12 Lincoln, NE (Kansas City) 300-400 365-545 10-14 Las Vegas (San Fran.) n/a n/a 14-21 Los Angeles (San Fran.) n/a 270-540 10-21 Madison, WI (Chicago) 7-14 380-460 7-21 Miami, FL (Atlanta) 90-120 420-450 7-10 Missouri (Kansas City) 90-180 360-670 10-14 New Orleans (Dallas) 30-90 100-240 5-10 New York, NY (NYC) 30 540 14 Oklahoma City, OK (Dallas) 60-90 365-450 10-15 Philadelphia (Philadelphia) 30-90 300-360 7-10 Phoenix, A.Z (San Francisco) 270 n/a 1-3 Pittsburgh (Phil) 30-60 300 2-3 Raleigh, NC (Atlanta) 30-90 240-390 2-4 Salem, OR (Seattle) 30-360 n/a 7-14 Sacramento, CA (San Fran) 60-120 540-840 11-16 Salt Lake City, UT (Denver) 30-60 250-390 7 Seattle, WA (Seattle) 30-90 300-720 3-7 St. Paul, MN (Chicago) 90 360-450 10 Tallahassee, FL (Atlanta) 90 365 2 Trenton, NJ (New York) 30-45 694-785 7-14 Westerfield, CT (Boston) 30 365-455 7-14 Tampa (Atlanta) 60-120 300-360 7-10
Further Explanation of 4-6:
(4) = Time from filing response to NOF until decision. (If NOF issues, once Regional DOL gets your response to a NOF, how long until decision?)
(5) = Total time from initial filing with SESA until final determinations by Region. (Typical Case)
(6) = Time from filing ETA-9035 (H-1 B) to approval by Regional DOL (How long does Regional DOL take to approve it?)
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