A stalled petition has a monthly price. Most companies never work out what it is.
Employment-based petitions stall for months at USCIS and the Department of Labor. This is a working reference on what that delay costs an employer and when federal litigation becomes the cheaper option.
Where delay happens
- EB-1, EB-2, EB-3I-140 & Employment-Based Petitions5 articles
- Department of LaborPERM & Labor Certification3 articles
- H-1B, L-1, O-1, TNH-1B & Nonimmigrant Work Visas3 articles
- I-526E, I-829, regional centersEB-5 & Investor Immigration2 articles
- I-765, I-9, H-4, L-2EAD & Work Authorization Gaps3 articles
- Payroll, hiring, operationsThe Cost of Delay4 articles
- Mandamus, APA, TRACFederal Litigation Playbook4 articles
- 221(g), visa stampingConsular & Global Mobility2 articles
Recent
- I-140When an I-140 stalls: what an employer can actually doPremium processing, service requests, congressional inquiry or federal suit. The four levers available on a st
- I-140Filing mandamus on a stuck I-140: timeline and costWhat the ninety days after filing look like, what the company pays, and the three ways an employment-based del
- PERMPERM delays at the Department of Labor: what options existPERM has no premium processing. A look at where ETA-9089 cases actually stall, what the published queues mean,
- H-1BH-1B extensions past the sixth year when the I-140 is pendingAC21 § 106(a) and § 104(c) work differently, and a pending I-140 only satisfies one of them. What that means f
- EB-5I-526E delays and the cost of committed capitalEB-5 delay is a capital-cost problem, not an HR one. What a multi-year I-526E queue does to an investor's posi
- Work authorizationThe end of the 540-day EAD extension: an employer's I-9 problemDHS removed the automatic EAD extension for renewals filed on or after 30 October 2025. What changed, who is e
- Cost of delayCalculating what an immigration delay costs your companyA five-component model for putting a defensible number on a stalled petition, using figures a finance team alr
- LitigationWrit of mandamus, explained for employersWhat the writ is, which statutes support it, what it can and cannot compel, and why most employment-based dela