Closing of regional offices within the Office of Foreign Labor Certification. As the Office of
Foreign Labor Certification centralizes its review of permanent and temporary program applications, we will be closing
regional office operations in order to unify filing and processing activities in two National Processing Centers, located
in Atlanta and Chicago, and two Backlog Elimination Centers, located in Dallas and Philadelphia. The chart below provides
status information for each of the centers and offices. Please be aware that, as indicated on the chart, the Division's
offices in Boston and Seattle have already closed. Therefore, those offices are no longer responding to phone calls or
written inquiries, or accepting substitution requests or other filings. Other regional offices are winding down operations.
We appreciate your patience during this transition. In case of inquiries about applications processed by or activities
otherwise associated with closing offices, please contact the appropriate center, as listed in the chart.
Office Closures and Alternate Contact Information
Office
Status
Accepting Calls
Whom To Contact
Boston
Closed as of 08-2005
No
Atlanta National Processing Center 233 Peachtree Street Suite 410
Atlanta, GA 30303 404-893-0101
New York
No longer processing applications as of 10-2005
processing appropriate rebuttals and NOFs for denials generated through 09-30-05
Yes (until December 2005)
As of January 2006:
Atlanta National Processing Center 233 Peachtree Street Suite 410
Atlanta, GA 30303 404-893-0101
San Francisco
No longer processing applications as of 10-2005
Processing "Special Handling Cases
Processing appropriate rebuttals and NOFs for denials generated through 09-30-05
Yes (until December 2005)
As of January 2006:
Chicago National Processing Center 844 N. Rush Street 12th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611 312-886-8700
Seattle
Closed as of 11-2005
No
Chicago National Processing Center 844 N. Rush Street 12th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611 312-886-8700
Philadelphia
Open and processing pending cases submitted before 03-28-2005
Yes
Philadelphia Backlog Elimination Center 1 Belmont Ave. Suite 200
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 424-270-1500
Dallas
Open and processing pending cases submitted before 03-28-2005
Yes
Dallas Backlog Elimination Center 700 North Peal Street Suite 400N
Dallas, TX 75201 214-237-9111
Chicago
Open and processing cases submitted after 03-28-2005
Yes
Chicago National Processing Center 844 N. Rush Street 12th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611 312-886-8700
Atlanta
Open and processing cases submitted after 03-28-2005
Yes
Atlanta National Processing Center 233 Peachtree Street Suite 410
Atlanta, GA 30303 404-893-0101
