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OFLC Updated Notice on Deletion of Certain Records from FLAG

3/24/25 AILA Doc. No. 25032432. Business Immigration, H-1B & H-1B1 Specialty Occupation, H-2A Agricultural Worker, H-2B Temporary Worker, Labor Certification (Permanent)

DOL posted the following announcement:

March 24, 2025. Updated Notice: Deletion of Records from FLAG

The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) reminds stakeholders that it will begin permanently deleting records in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) for which a final determination was made more than five years ago. The records will be deleted as required by OFLC’s records disposition schedule with the National Archives and Records Administration.

Employers and their representatives must download any records they need from FLAG prior to OFLC commencing the deletion of records more than five years old. To ensure sufficient time to access and download necessary records, OFLC has extended the deadline to do so by one week. OFLC will begin deleting records at 12:00 AM EDT on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

Programs Affected

The following OFLC programs will be impacted by this implementation:

  • Prevailing Wage Determinations (PWD)
  • Temporary Labor Certification Applications (H-2A, H-2B, CW-1 visas)
  • Temporary Labor Condition Applications (H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 visas)

If you have case older than five (5) years from the date of final determination within the FLAG system, please remember to download these cases no later than March 26, 2025.

Disclaimer: The deletion of records is permanent therefore they cannot be obtained by any means. Deleted records will no longer be accessible to either filers or OFLC and cannot be retrieved upon records requests.