For those of you who had heard about the new PERM program for Permanent Residence, and waiting for release time, PERM IS SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED ON DEC 27th. The original copy is already out to be viewed: - http://www.ilw.com/lawyers/immigdaily/news/2004,1227-permfinalreg.pdf For those who don't know about it, it is the new Labor Certification proces for the Permanent Employment of Aliens in the US. It is a considerable improvement over the old, lengthy processes. Before the publication, few were anticipating that the PERM process might be very restrictive. Looking at the publication, PERM only imposes few requirement on conducting interviews and putting advertisements for recruitment..nothing too severe than the old process. The PROCESSING TIME FOR THE PERM IS 45-60 days, A Considerable improvement. Please refer to the attorneys for more information.