In fiscal year 2010, employers filed 81,412 permanent labor certifications
for employment based green card, a surge from 51,067 in 2008, 33,165 in 2009.
The huge increase is encouraging, but not a surprise to analysts at
MyVisaJobs.com. In their May 2010 news letter, they already predicted 2010
would become the best year since 2001 for foreigners to get visa jobs, click
here to read.
Another encouraging sign is, only 8,384, or about 10%, of those labor
certifications were denied. The denial rate was nearly 20% in 2008. The
processing time used by Dept of Labor(DOL) has also been shortened greatly.
Immigration attorneys recently reported DOL approved most labor
certifications within 30 days. It took them more than half a year to make
decisions in 2008.
Two thirds of those green card petitions were filed for people born in India
, South Korea, Mexico, China, Canada and Philippines. While Software
Engineer, System Analyst and Professors are still the top 3 green card
careers, over 2,000 labor certifications were filed for Cooks and Chefs!
Many greedy employers hire large number of foreign workers, but are
reluctant to sponsor green card for their hard working employees.