1/11/2008 - Today is the Last Day For USCIS Receipt of I-140 Petitions Based On Labor Certifications Approved Pre-7/16/07
A reminder - today is the last day that USCIS will accept I-140 Immigrant Visa Petitions based upon labor certifications approved before July 16, 2007. From today onward, labor certifications approved more than 180 days in the past will essentially "expire" under the anti-substitution rule.
From now on, employers and attorneys will need to be extremely vigilant concerning PERM labor certification approval dates (as well as those very few old-system labor certifications remaining out there) to ensure that I-140s are filed within 180 days of the date of approval. Otherwise, the approved labor certification becomes meaningless, and the process needs to be restarted from the beginning.
Employers and foreign nationals going through the labor certification process, as well as attorneys.