NAFSA's iCERT Resource Page

The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) iCERT system manages the filing of labor condition applications (LCAs) (Form ETA 9035) and NPWC prevailing wage determination requests (Form ETA 9141). The system requires employers and attorneys to create a user account, from which they file the forms. iCERT PERM functionality is still under development.

iCERT functional features

DOL's iCERT Visa Portal User Guide describes the following features of the system:

• A single one-stop portal or "entry point" allowing employers to prepare, submit, and track applications for labor certification 24 hours a day and seven days a week;
• A central repository for OFLC immigration related content, including FAQs, forms, news, alerts, and other information;
• A common search engine through which any visa application submitted through the iCERT Portal can be queried and its status reviewed;
• Reduces customer response time to required visa applications by prepopulating USDOL forms with business, contact, and even attorney/agent information;
• Create and manage subaccount users, such as your HR staff or in-house legal counsel, to prepare and submit visa applications on behalf of employers; and
• Submit requests to withdraw visa applications for labor certification or authorize subaccount users to do so on behalf of employers
  

The iCERT system

The system enables employers and attorneys or agents to set up sub-accounts for multiple users, called "associate accounts," and assign different levels of privileges (filing, withdrawal, etc.). Each associate account user will have their own individual username and password. Based on user concerns with the employer-specific restrictions in the current PERM system, DOL designed iCERT as an "open" system where any individual can set up an account or multiple accounts as either the "employer" or "attorney or agent."

The iCERT portal login page features hyperlinks to some useful tools, including:

• System alerts
• Immigration news
• Downloadable forms
• Prevailing wage information
• Searchable case status information
• FAQ