Overview
- OFLC says the FLAG system is fully accessible for new filings and for submitting or receiving information on pending cases.
- Employers can again file LCAs for H‑1B and submit PERM applications, and prevailing wage requests and the SeasonalJobs.dol.gov registry are operational.
- The agency warns stakeholders to expect longer‑than‑normal processing and response times as operations ramp back up.
- Services were offline for nearly a month beginning around September 30, halting submissions and freezing thousands of cases.
- Media reports tie the disruption to a federal funding lapse during a government shutdown, though the official notice did not specify a cause, and the restart offers relief to Indian professionals who make up a large share of H‑1B recipients.