snapshot_date string | capture int64 | mode string | agency string | program string | section string | table_index int64 | table_title string | row_label string | column string | value string | value_number float64 | value_month string | backlog_months float64 | source_url string | series_id string |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020-06-06 | 20,200,606,095,752 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Process PERM Applications | 3 | null | Analyst Review | Month | May 2020 | null | 2020-05 | 1 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200606095752/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Analyst Review | Month |
2020-06-06 | 20,200,606,095,752 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | PERM Processing Times | 2 | null | Analyst Review | Priority Date | January 2020 | null | 2020-01 | 5 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200606095752/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Analyst Review | Priority Date |
2020-06-06 | 20,200,606,095,752 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Process PERM Applications | 3 | null | Audit Review | Month | May 2020 | null | 2020-05 | 1 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200606095752/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Audit Review | Month |
2020-06-06 | 20,200,606,095,752 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | PERM Processing Times | 2 | null | Audit Review | Priority Date | August 2019 | null | 2019-08 | 10 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200606095752/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Audit Review | Priority Date |
2020-06-06 | 20,200,606,095,752 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | PERM Processing Times | 2 | null | Reconsideration Request to the CO | Priority Date | April 2020 | null | 2020-04 | 2 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200606095752/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Reconsideration Request to the CO | Priority Date |
2020-07-07 | 20,200,707,133,327 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Process PERM Applications | 3 | null | Analyst Review | Month | June 2020 | null | 2020-06 | 1 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200707133327/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Analyst Review | Month |
2020-07-07 | 20,200,707,133,327 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | PERM Processing Times | 2 | null | Analyst Review | Priority Date | March 2020 | null | 2020-03 | 4 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200707133327/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Analyst Review | Priority Date |
2020-07-07 | 20,200,707,133,327 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Process PERM Applications | 3 | null | Audit Review | Month | June 2020 | null | 2020-06 | 1 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200707133327/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Audit Review | Month |
2020-07-07 | 20,200,707,133,327 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | PERM Processing Times | 2 | null | Audit Review | Priority Date | September 2019 | null | 2019-09 | 10 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200707133327/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Audit Review | Priority Date |
2020-07-07 | 20,200,707,133,327 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | PERM Processing Times | 2 | null | Reconsideration Request to the CO | Priority Date | May 2020 | null | 2020-05 | 2 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200707133327/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Reconsideration Request to the CO | Priority Date |
2020-08-04 | 20,200,804,074,150 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Process PERM Applications | 3 | null | Analyst Review | Month | June 2020 | null | 2020-06 | 2 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200804074150/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Analyst Review | Month |
2020-08-04 | 20,200,804,074,150 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | PERM Processing Times | 2 | null | Analyst Review | Priority Date | March 2020 | null | 2020-03 | 5 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200804074150/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Analyst Review | Priority Date |
2020-08-04 | 20,200,804,074,150 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Process PERM Applications | 3 | null | Audit Review | Month | June 2020 | null | 2020-06 | 2 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200804074150/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Audit Review | Month |
2020-08-04 | 20,200,804,074,150 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | PERM Processing Times | 2 | null | Audit Review | Priority Date | September 2019 | null | 2019-09 | 11 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200804074150/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Audit Review | Priority Date |
2020-08-04 | 20,200,804,074,150 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | PERM Processing Times | 2 | null | Reconsideration Request to the CO | Priority Date | May 2020 | null | 2020-05 | 3 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200804074150/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | | Reconsideration Request to the CO | Priority Date |
2020-09-20 | 20,200,920,004,843 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Issue Wage Determinations | 2 | PERM Processing Times (as of 8/31/2020) | Analyst Review | Priority Date | April 2020 | null | 2020-04 | 5 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200920004843/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | PERM Processing Times (as of 8/31/2020) | Analyst Review | Priority Date |
2020-09-20 | 20,200,920,004,843 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Issue Wage Determinations | 2 | PERM Processing Times (as of 8/31/2020) | Audit Review | Priority Date | November 2019 | null | 2019-11 | 10 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200920004843/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | PERM Processing Times (as of 8/31/2020) | Audit Review | Priority Date |
2020-09-20 | 20,200,920,004,843 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Issue Wage Determinations | 2 | PERM Processing Times (as of 8/31/2020) | Reconsideration Request to the CO | Priority Date | June 2020 | null | 2020-06 | 3 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200920004843/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | PERM Processing Times (as of 8/31/2020) | Reconsideration Request to the CO | Priority Date |
2020-10-16 | 20,201,016,211,202 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Issue Wage Determinations | 2 | PERM Processing Times (as of 9/30/2020) | Analyst Review | Priority Date | April 2020 | null | 2020-04 | 6 | https://web.archive.org/web/20201016211202/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | PERM Processing Times (as of 9/30/2020) | Analyst Review | Priority Date |
2020-10-16 | 20,201,016,211,202 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Issue Wage Determinations | 2 | PERM Processing Times (as of 9/30/2020) | Audit Review | Priority Date | December 2019 | null | 2019-12 | 10 | https://web.archive.org/web/20201016211202/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | PERM Processing Times (as of 9/30/2020) | Audit Review | Priority Date |
2020-10-16 | 20,201,016,211,202 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Issue Wage Determinations | 2 | PERM Processing Times (as of 9/30/2020) | Reconsideration Request to the CO | Priority Date | June 2020 | null | 2020-06 | 4 | https://web.archive.org/web/20201016211202/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | PERM Processing Times (as of 9/30/2020) | Reconsideration Request to the CO | Priority Date |
2020-11-05 | 20,201,105,060,517 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Issue Wage Determinations | 2 | PERM Processing Times (as of 10/31/2020) | Analyst Review | Priority Date | May 2020 | null | 2020-05 | 6 | https://web.archive.org/web/20201105060517/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | PERM Processing Times (as of 10/31/2020) | Analyst Review | Priority Date |
2020-11-05 | 20,201,105,060,517 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Issue Wage Determinations | 2 | PERM Processing Times (as of 10/31/2020) | Audit Review | Priority Date | December 2019 | null | 2019-12 | 11 | https://web.archive.org/web/20201105060517/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | PERM Processing Times (as of 10/31/2020) | Audit Review | Priority Date |
2020-11-05 | 20,201,105,060,517 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Issue Wage Determinations | 2 | PERM Processing Times (as of 10/31/2020) | Reconsideration Request to the CO | Priority Date | July 2020 | null | 2020-07 | 4 | https://web.archive.org/web/20201105060517/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | PERM Processing Times (as of 10/31/2020) | Reconsideration Request to the CO | Priority Date |
2020-12-14 | 20,201,214,131,851 | wayback | DOL OFLC | PERM | Average Number of Days to Issue Wage Determinations | 2 | PERM Processing Times (as of 11/30/2020) | Analyst Review | Priority Date | June 2020 | null | 2020-06 | 6 | https://web.archive.org/web/20201214131851/https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes | PERM | PERM Processing Times (as of 11/30/2020) | Analyst Review | Priority Date |
Agency Processing Time History: free sample (Tensorust LLC)
Six years of DOL labor certification processing times (PERM, prevailing wage, H-2A, H-2B) that DOL overwrites every month: 78 monthly snapshots, 19,788 published values.
Headline: Every immigration practice quotes PERM and prevailing wage timelines, but DOL overwrites its processing-times page each month and keeps no archive, so nobody can show a client the trend.
This repository is a free teaser, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has 19,788 rows and is sold by Tensorust LLC: https://tensorust.com/datasets/agency-processing-time-history/.
Files here
| file | what it is |
|---|---|
sample.csv |
25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com) |
summary_by_program.csv |
row counts by program across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other") |
Summary by program (largest groups)
| Program | rows |
|---|---|
| OFLC | 10,026 |
| CW-1 | 2,899 |
| PERM | 2,657 |
| H-2B | 2,557 |
| PWD | 1,205 |
| H-2A | 444 |
| TOTAL | 19,788 |
Full table: summary_by_program.csv.
What the full file has
- 19,788 rows
- Key fields: snapshot_date, capture, mode, agency, program, section, table_index, table_title, row_label, column
- Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
- Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)
Coverage: 78 monthly snapshots, 19,788 values; 7,224 distinct label combinations (DOL renamed rows and columns over time, so one real series can span several labels). Snapshots from 2020-05-07 to 2026-11-07 (live page fetched Nov 6, 2026)
Columns in the full file
| column | meaning |
|---|---|
snapshot_date |
Date of the capture |
capture |
Wayback capture timestamp (or live fetch time) |
mode |
wayback or live |
agency |
Agency |
program |
PERM, PWD, H-2A, H-2B, CW-1 or OFLC |
section |
Heading above the table |
table_index |
Table position on the page |
table_title |
Table title or caption |
row_label |
Row label |
column |
Column label |
value |
Published value as text |
value_number |
Numeric value, if any |
value_month |
Receipt month in YYYY-MM, if the value is a month |
backlog_months |
Months between the snapshot and that receipt month |
source_url |
Where to see that snapshot |
series_id |
Program |
Get the full file
| tier | price | includes |
|---|---|---|
| History file | $750 | The full history since 2020 in CSV and Parquet. |
| History plus monthly updates | $250 a month | The history file plus each new month's page the day DOL posts it, with a change summary. |
| Firm license | $4,500 a year | Monthly updates, redistribution to clients in your firm's alerts and reports, and added series as more agencies are captured. |
Email mattbusel@tensorust.com with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: https://tensorust.com/datasets/agency-processing-time-history/. All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/
Method and limits
Fetch one Wayback capture per month (the first successful capture in each month) plus the live page. Parse every HTML table, attach the nearest heading above it, flatten multi-row headers, and write each cell as one value with its row and column labels. A 'Month YYYY' value becomes value_month and backlog_months (snapshot month minus that month); plain numbers go to value_number. series_id joins program, table, row and column so a series can be followed across snapshots, though DOL has renamed some rows over the years.
Not USCIS, State Department or FCC data (those sites block automated clients or have no archive history; they are not in this file). Not a forecast of any one case. Wayback captures can fall on any day of the month, and DOL's own update day varies. Not legal advice.
Sources
- US DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Processing Times (https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes)
- Internet Archive Wayback Machine captures of that page, one per month (https://web.archive.org)
License
The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/agency-processing-time-history/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.
Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com
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