DOL Enhances iCERT System to Include FEIN
AILA Liaison has learned that the Labor Department has enhanced the iCERT system to include FEIN verifications that have been completed in the PERM system. According to the DOL, all prior FEIN verifications completed during the PERM employer existence verification process are now incorporated into the iCERT database, and new FEIN verifications are being introduced into the iCERT system daily as PERM employer existence verifications are completed. Because this is a data transfer from the PERM system to the iCERT system, DOL is suggesting that LCA applicants wait a day or two from the time the PERM employer existence notification is received to submit an LCA application through iCERT. In addition, DOL advises that an employer not previously in iCERT can submit FEIN verification data to the Chicago "LCA Business Verification Team" at LCA.Chicago@dol.gov (see AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 09080375 (posted Aug. 5, 2009) in advance of filing an LCA to speed the FEIN verification process. Finally, DOL asks employers to look at the enhancements and improvements to the iCERT portal.