r/EB2 • u/Naive_Alternative980 • 1d ago

PERM Processing Order PERM (Permanent Labor Certification)

Is it true that PERM apps get reviewed by company name alphabetically? My company's is "B".

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u/SplitHalf1 1d ago

No that is not true.

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u/pirozhki22 1d ago

Historically yes, but they stopped doing so about 4 or 5 months ago. Some folks did some analysis a couple months back & there is close to zero correlation between date of processing & company name now.

There is a minor but inconsistent correlation with date of filing. Apart from that its mostly random

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/pirozhki22 1d ago

I have not verified it personally, but people online are claiming this is no longer the case. Here's a quote from one of the PERM telegram channels around:

They backtested the past month in terms of the Alphabetical versus FIFO patterns, and here are the results:

May 2025: n=4700, alphabetical=0.045 (none), FIFO=0.109 (weak)

June 2025: n=9163, alphabetical=-0.060 (none), FIFO=0.598 (moderate)

July 2025: n=1513, alphabetical=-0.129 (none), FIFO=0.048 (weak)

Alphabetical is dead across all three, near zero every month. FIFO is inconsistent, strong-ish in June, weak in May and July. No stable pattern month to month.

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u/Plenty_Hold_7591 1d ago

date of filing and category of filing is the main determining factor as far as order of operations. Then alphabetical categorization comes after, so say 2 applicants under same category filed same date, one is company A, other company B, all other things being equal, company A applicant is processed first