OFLC Publishes FY2016 Performance Data & Selected Statistics
The data can be found here.
The selected statistics are here.
Here's a summary of the PERM Certifications by Country/Group.
Country -------- No. ------ % ----- FY2015 - % Change
CHINA -------- 10,540 ---- 9.09% --- 6,899 --- 52.78%
INDIA -------- 65,282 --- 56.31% -- 45,776 --- 42.61%
MEXICO -------- 2,164 ---- 1.87% --- 1,483 --- 52.78%
PHILIPPINES --- 1,867 ---- 1.61% --- 1,560 --- 19.68%
ROW ---------- 36,080 --- 31.12% -- 23,220 --- 55.38%
Grand Total - 115,933 -- 100.00% -- 78,938 --- 46.87%
The 97,504 PERM Receipts in FY2016 were 11.3% higher than FY2015 and 30.1% higher than FY2014.
The backlog has now been reduced to 30,941 cases.
