---
type: immigration-petition
category: immigration
person: Yanxin Lu
date: 2022
petition_type: PERM Labor Certification (2nd)
---

# PERM Labor Certification (2nd) - Meta Platforms Inc.

## Key Facts
- **Beneficiary**: Yanxin Lu
- **Petitioner/Employer**: Meta Platforms Inc.
- **BAL Case Number**: 91.13190.21
- **Case Type**: 2nd PERM
- **Primary Attorney**: Laura Leicingere
- **Primary Assistant**: Cecilia Carranza-Davis
- **Job Title (current)**: Software Engineer
- **Work Location**: 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025
- **Status**: Filed (supporting documents collected July 2022)

## Beneficiary Background (from questionnaire)
- **Date of Birth**: October 17, 1989
- **City of Birth**: Guiyang, Guizhou, China
- **Relationship Status**: Married
- **Spouse**: Xuewei Jiang (born Shandong, China; H-1B status)
- **Education**: Ph.D. Computer Science, Rice University (Aug 2012 - Nov 2018, degree May 20, 2019); B.S. Computer Science, Baylor University (Aug 2008 - May 2012)
- **Thesis**: "Corpus-Driven Systems for Program Synthesis and Refactoring"
- **Employment at Meta**: Software Engineer since January 22, 2019
- **Base Salary**: $183,000 USD (biweekly)
- **Manager**: Elad Gerson, Software Engineering Manager
- **Prior PERM/I-140**: First PERM approved, I-140 approved, priority date 09/27/2019 (case 91.13190.5)
- **Residence at filing**: 1130 S Michigan Ave, Unit 1713, Chicago, IL 60605

## Documents Included
- `perm_2022_cobalt_questions.pdf` - LC-PERM Employee Questionnaire (Cobalt/BAL portal) with detailed personal, education, employment, and immigration history
- `USA - PERM Document Checklist.pdf` - Document checklist for PERM labor certification
- `diploma_baylor.pdf` - Baylor University diploma
- `diploma_rice_ms.pdf` - Rice University M.S. diploma
- `diploma_rice_phd.pdf` - Rice University Ph.D. diploma
- `rice_transcript_official2.pdf` - Rice University official transcript
- `yanxin_resume.pdf` - Resume/CV
- `lu_i797_2018.pdf` - I-797 approval notice (2018)
- `lu-i797a-2020.pdf` - I-797A approval notice (2020)
- `lu_i94_2022.pdf` - I-94 record (2022)
- `lu_us_visas.pdf` - All U.S. visa stamps
- `i20_2010.PDF` - I-20 (2010)
- `i20_2012_baylor.pdf` - I-20 from Baylor (2012)
- `i20_2012_rice.pdf` - I-20 from Rice (2012)
- `i20_2014.pdf` - I-20 (2014)
- `i20_2015.pdf` - I-20 (2015)
- `i20_2017.pdf` - I-20 (2017)
- `i20_2018.pdf` - I-20 (2018)

## Notable Details
- This is the 2nd PERM, filed after Yanxin relocated from the Bay Area to Chicago (and later Los Angeles)
- The 1st PERM was approved under Facebook Inc. with priority date 09/27/2019
- The 2nd PERM was filed under Meta Platforms Inc. (Facebook renamed)
- 3 published scholarly articles and conference presentations (Program Splicing at ICSE 2019; peer evaluation quality at WWW 2015)
- Attorney firm: Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP (BAL)