The DOL has designated a centralized Washington, DC location to handle Prevailing Wage Requests (PWRs) for all case types as of January 1, 2010.

PWRs for PERM, H-1Bs, H-1B1s (Chile and Singapore), H-2Bs and E-3s (for Australians) will be prepared on the PWR form that DOL rolled out for the H-2B program, form ETA-9141.  DOL has not yet offered an electronic version of this form so there isn’t any way to submit it online, neither are they accepting faxes.  If you subscribe to an immigration forms program, such as INSZoom, you can access a fillable version there.

All PWRs are to be mailed to the OFLC’s NPWHC in Washington, DC. at:  US Department of Labor-ETA, National Prevailing Wage and Helpdesk Center, Attn:  PWD Requests, 1341 G Street, NW, Suite 201, Washington, DC  20005-3142.

Here is AILA’s advance copy of the Federal Register Posting.

We’ll see how this centralized process goes.  To roll out a new system without electronic submission doesn’t make much sense.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

Tags: e-3, ETA-9141, H-1B, H-1B1, H-2B, PERM, Prevailing Wage Request Forms, PWR, PWR Centralized Processing

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