FLAG (Foreign Labor Application Gateway)

In plain terms: FLAG, the Foreign Labor Application Gateway, is the U.S. Department of Labor’s online system for filing and tracking labor certification applications, at flag.dol.gov.

In an EB-3 case, the prevailing wage request (Form ETA-9141) and the PERM application (Form ETA-9089) are filed through FLAG. DOL also issues its prevailing wage determinations, requests for information (RFIs) and PERM decisions through FLAG, and it publishes its current prevailing wage and PERM processing times there.

What it means for you: the employer’s prevailing wage and PERM filings live in FLAG, under the employer’s account, from the first request to the final PERM decision.