United States USCIS Will Temporarily Accept H-1B Petitions Without Certified LCAs November 11, 2009 Executive Summary Through March 4, 2010, employers will be able to submit H-1B petitions to U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services without a certified labor condition application (LCA), as long as an LCA was filed with the Department of Labor at least seven calendar days before the H-1B petition is filed. In response to longer labor condition application (LCA) processing times at the Depar