OFLC Announces Schedule for Electronic Filing of LCAs in the FLAG System

From the OFLC website:

As part of the Department's technology modernization initiative, the FLAG System has been developed to replace the legacy iCERT System, improve customer service, and modernize the administration of foreign labor certification programs through the Employment and Training Administration's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC).

OFLC is making this public service announcement to alert employers and other interested stakeholders about implementation of its new FLAG System for the Labor Condition Application (LCA) programs covering the H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 visa classifications.

Electronic Filing of Form ETA-9035E, Labor Condition Application for Nonimmigrant Workers

• Beginning September 16, 2019, the FLAG System's LCA Program Module will be enabled and stakeholders will be able to begin preparing H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 applications using the Form ETA-9035E. However, the FLAG System will not permit the submission of LCA applications until 12:00 pm (ET) on October 1, 2019.
• OFLC will continue to accept online submissions of the Form ETA-9035E through the iCERT System until 11:59 am (ET) on October 1, 2019. The ability to submit LCA applications using the iCERT System will be deactivated at 12:00 pm (ET) on that date.
• OFLC will process all LCA applications submitted through the iCERT System, and stakeholders will be able to access their iCERT System accounts to check the status of applications submitted through the iCERT System.

Cite as AILA Doc. No. 19090536.