Explanation For Advertising PERM Requirements

The changes to PERM for obtaining work permits for aliens can be confusing. An immigration lawyer can explain the issues regarding the major differences in standards for filing for permits, attestation, advertising jobs, as well as job duties and wages for aliens under PERM. Below is an example of the new standards for work permits.

Question: Why must the advertisement medium be different in order for advertisements to be counted as additional steps? For instance why is it not permissible to count advertisements on two separate web sites as two steps or to place a third advertisement in the same newspaper of general circulation rather than using a local or ethnic publication and have it count as an additional step?

Answer: As with all the recruitment requirements, the purpose of requiring the employer to use three additional recruitment steps is to ensure that the greatest number of able, willing, qualified, and available U.S. workers are apprised of the job opportunity. It should be noted that each of the steps may target slightly different applicant populations. Using at least three of the additional steps normally used by businesses to recruit workers is a means of apprising a greater number of U.S. applicants of the job opportunity and more adequately substantiates an employer's claim there are no available U.S. workers for the job offer.

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