Application for Permanent Employment Certification
OMB Approval: 1205-0451
Expiration Date: 08/31/2021
ETA Form 9089
P. OMB Information
Paperwork Reduction Act Information Control Number 1205-0451
Persons are not required to respond to this collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Respondent’s reply to these reporting requirements is required to obtain the benefits of permanent
employment certification (Immigration and Nationality Act, Section 212(a)(5)). Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing
and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate to the Office of
Foreign Labor Certification * U.S. Department of Labor * 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Box 12-200 *
Washington, DC * 20210. Do NOT send the completed application to this address.
Q. Privacy Statement Information
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), you are hereby notified
that the information provided herein is protected under the Privacy Act. The Department of Labor
(Department or DOL) maintains a System of Records titled Employer Application and Attestation
File for Permanent and Temporary Alien Workers (DOL/ETA-7) that includes this record.
Under routine uses for this system of records, case files developed in processing labor
certification applications, labor condition applications, or labor attestations may be released as
follows: in connection with appeals of denials before the DOL Office of Administrative Law
Judges and Federal courts, records may be released to the employers that filed such
applications, their representatives, to named alien beneficiaries or their representatives, and to
the DOL Office of Administrative Law Judges and Federal courts; and in connection with
administering and enforcing immigration laws and regulations, records may be released to such
agencies as the DOL Office of Inspector General, Employment Standards Administration, the
Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of State.
Further relevant disclosures may be made in accordance with the Privacy Act and under the
following circumstances: in connection with federal litigation; for law enforcement purposes; to
authorized parent locator persons under Pub. L. 93-647; to an information source or public
authority in connection with personnel, security clearance, procurement, or benefit-related matters;
to a contractor or their employees, grantees or their employees, consultants, or volunteers who
have been engaged to assist the agency in the performance of Federal activities; for Federal debt
collection purposes; to the Office of Management and Budget in connection with its legislative
review, coordination, and clearance activities; to a Member of Congress or their staff in response
to an inquiry of the Congressional office made at the written request of the subject of the record; in
connection with records management; and to the news media and the public when a matter under
investigation becomes public knowledge, the Solicitor of Labor determines the disclosure is
necessary to preserve confidence in the integrity of the Department, or the Solicitor of Labor
determines that a legitimate public interest exists in the disclosure of information, unless the
Solicitor of Labor determines that disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy.
This Certification is valid from
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