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| license: other
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| license_name: tensorust-sample-license
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| license_link: https://tensorust.com/datasets/agency-processing-time-history/
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| pretty_name: "Agency Processing Time History (free sample)"
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| language:
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| - en
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| tags:
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| - tensorust
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| - sample
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| - change-tracking-feeds
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| - government-data
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| - finance
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| size_categories:
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| - n<1K
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| configs:
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| - config_name: sample
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| data_files:
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| - split: train
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| path: sample.csv
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| - config_name: summary
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| data_files:
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| - split: train
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| path: summary_by_program.csv
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| ---
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| # Agency Processing Time History: free sample (Tensorust LLC)
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| Six years of DOL labor certification processing times (PERM, prevailing wage, H-2A, H-2B) that DOL overwrites every month: 78 monthly snapshots, 19,788 published values.
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| **Headline:** Every immigration practice quotes PERM and prevailing wage timelines, but DOL overwrites its processing-times page each month and keeps no archive, so nobody can show a client the trend.
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| This repository is a **free teaser**, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has **19,788 rows** and is sold by Tensorust LLC: **[https://tensorust.com/datasets/agency-processing-time-history/](https://tensorust.com/datasets/agency-processing-time-history/)**.
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| ## Files here
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| | file | what it is |
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| |---|---|
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| | `sample.csv` | 25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com) |
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| | `summary_by_program.csv` | row counts by program across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other") |
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| ## Summary by program (largest groups)
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| | Program | rows |
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| |---|---|
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| | OFLC | 10,026 |
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| | CW-1 | 2,899 |
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| | PERM | 2,657 |
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| | H-2B | 2,557 |
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| | PWD | 1,205 |
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| | H-2A | 444 |
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| | TOTAL | 19,788 |
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| Full table: `summary_by_program.csv`.
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| ## What the full file has
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| - 19,788 rows
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| - Key fields: snapshot_date, capture, mode, agency, program, section, table_index, table_title, row_label, column
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| - Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
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| - Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)
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| Coverage: 78 monthly snapshots, 19,788 values; 7,224 distinct label combinations (DOL renamed rows and columns over time, so one real series can span several labels). Snapshots from 2020-05-07 to 2026-11-07 (live page fetched Nov 6, 2026)
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| ### Columns in the full file
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| | column | meaning |
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| | `snapshot_date` | Date of the capture |
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| | `capture` | Wayback capture timestamp (or live fetch time) |
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| | `mode` | wayback or live |
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| | `agency` | Agency |
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| | `program` | PERM, PWD, H-2A, H-2B, CW-1 or OFLC |
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| | `section` | Heading above the table |
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| | `table_index` | Table position on the page |
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| | `table_title` | Table title or caption |
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| | `row_label` | Row label |
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| | `column` | Column label |
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| | `value` | Published value as text |
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| | `value_number` | Numeric value, if any |
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| | `value_month` | Receipt month in YYYY-MM, if the value is a month |
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| | `backlog_months` | Months between the snapshot and that receipt month |
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| | `source_url` | Where to see that snapshot |
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| | `series_id` | Program | table | row | column |
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| ## Get the full file
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| | tier | price | includes |
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| |---|---|---|
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| | History file | $750 | The full history since 2020 in CSV and Parquet. |
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| | History plus monthly updates | $250 a month | The history file plus each new month's page the day DOL posts it, with a change summary. |
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| | Firm license | $4,500 a year | Monthly updates, redistribution to clients in your firm's alerts and reports, and added series as more agencies are captured. |
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| Email **mattbusel@tensorust.com** with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: [https://tensorust.com/datasets/agency-processing-time-history/](https://tensorust.com/datasets/agency-processing-time-history/). All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/
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| ## Method and limits
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| Fetch one Wayback capture per month (the first successful capture in each month) plus the live page. Parse every HTML table, attach the nearest heading above it, flatten multi-row headers, and write each cell as one value with its row and column labels. A 'Month YYYY' value becomes value_month and backlog_months (snapshot month minus that month); plain numbers go to value_number. series_id joins program, table, row and column so a series can be followed across snapshots, though DOL has renamed some rows over the years.
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| Not USCIS, State Department or FCC data (those sites block automated clients or have no archive history; they are not in this file). Not a forecast of any one case. Wayback captures can fall on any day of the month, and DOL's own update day varies. Not legal advice.
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| ## Sources
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| - US DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Processing Times (https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes)
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| - Internet Archive Wayback Machine captures of that page, one per month (https://web.archive.org)
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| ## License
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| The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/agency-processing-time-history/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.
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| Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com
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