The Department of Labor (DOL) announced on October 31, 2025 that it has resumed its processing of immigration-related requests for prevailing wages, labor certification determinations, and other wage applications via its online filing system, FLAG.
As discussed in an MU blog last month, the government shutdown has shuttered the DOL’s FLAG operations since October 1, 2025, when the website was made completely unavailable.
Although the government shutdown is ongoing, the DOL’s resumption of its processing is welcome news for employers and immigrants who have been ineligible to file certain cases without requisite DOL wage determinations.
DOL did not clarify whether FLAG will resume processing indefinitely
throughout the remainder of the government shutdown. However, optimistically, in
its announcement, DOL notes that it “is taking all steps necessary to resume
application processing” and is “transition[ing] back to full operational
status”.
