PERM Sponsorship Worksheet

Summary

This PERM Sponsorship Worksheet will help you aid employers in: • Developing a permanent labor certification program (PERM) sponsorship • Engaging in recruiting • Tracking information for inclusion in the Application for Permanent Employment Certification (ETA Form 9089) • Confirming a foreign national worker’s qualifications –and– • Recording information concerning the foreign national worker’s dependents There are multiple ways in which a foreign national can be sponsored or self-sponsor to obtain permanent residence through employment. The most common way is by obtaining a certification by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that there are no qualified, willing, or available U.S. workers for the job. This is known as a labor certification. For more information on the PERM labor certification process, see Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM): Best Practices for Compliance, PERM Labor Certification Process Tracking Sheet, and PERM Sponsorship Worksheet.