On February 14, 2025, the Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced that records more than five years old will be deleted from the Foreign Labor Access Gateway (FLAG) System beginning on March 20, 2025.
OFLC explained that deletions of eligible case records will be based on the final determination date recorded in the FLAG System for each case. For example, cases with a final determination date of March 21, 2020, will be deleted on March 21, 2025. OFLC advises stakeholders to download before the deadline any records they would like to retain that are older than five years from the determination date.
OFLC said the following programs will be affected by this implementation:
- Prevailing Wage Determinations (PWD)
- Permanent Labor Certification Applications (PERM)
- Temporary Labor Certification Applications (H-2A, H-2B, CW-1 visas)
- Temporary Labor Condition Applications (H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 visas)