Hi All, Been at Amazon for 12 months. Started GC process on day 1. Fragomen has been really slow and still hasn’t filed the PERM. I followed up and they advised it would be a couple months to apply. Is this normal? Contemplating switching companies for another opportunity but not sure if it is worth it. I’m in ROW category. Realistically how long does the PERM approval take from the date of filing? #workvisa #perm #greencard #fragomen
PERM LC can take 7-10 months (around 6 months for some cases). But if it gets audited (not rare) it can take longer (no estimate)
Fragomen files very late for perm, when pwd is about to expire.. they took about 11 months before they filing my case.
That happened with me as well. I suspect they try to avoid audit this way by showing that they waited until the very end with potential candidates. In my case I talked with them a lot and was notified nearly every 2 weeks that new potential American worker candidates were proposed by DOL.
Also with Fragomen, they reached out in November 2019, we filed PERM in June 2020 (certified in January 2021)
They take a lot of time to file. Be on top of it. Same happened to me and I had my manager escalate it with the global immigration team. Things moved much faster after that.
They are ass when it comes to this. I joined in Feb and they finally filed yesterday because the PWD was about to expire
Same situation, row and pushing to get PERM filed after more 10 months. Recruitment is taking over 6 months so far
Hi I am planning to join Amazon in Jan 2021 and plan to apply for GC on day 1 but my h1 b time line will end in dec 2021. So will 12 months be ok to get I140 Approved from Amazon fragomen?
Fragomen has submitted my PERM today. 12 months after manager approval and 10-11 since they reached out for the first time. A lot of pushing from my side and having everything ready almost the same day they requested. Hope this helps as a reference
Congrats!
Please remember that PERM program was on hold in most of 2020. Because of COVID employers were not able to legally complete all of the PERM requirements set by the DOL. it’s not up to the law firm or your employer, it took 7 months for the DOL to change the regulations.
Imagine that you are in a turbulent marriage and (pre-divorce) your partner advises to use their own lawyer for your most important legal processings. That is you and Amazon and Fragomen. Their loyalty is to Amazons repeat business and Amazon are incentivized to keep all your processing to that last possible legal moment. I saw folks delayed like this and kicked out just before 2 year RSU vest maturity (frugal LP) so be aware. Invest a couple of thousand dollars and have your own lawyer process everything on speed dial. Forget the stock market, this will be the best investment you can make.
In Honeywell, with Fragomen, in spite of repeated escalations and applying pressure from my manager (Director-level), PERM got approved almost a year from approval to file. I got pretty frustrated (back in 2017, I wasn't on Blind)... Though its frustrating, know that its the usual Fragomen's process and many are in the same boat. Hope you can manage some of the restlessness that comes with this waiting game...
Current timeline is 4-6 months