说的不是特别准确,看看原文吧,我是perm file
In employment immigration the priority date may be the date the labor certification application was received by the Department of Labor (DOL).
这是USCIS的原话。我属于是perm那种,所以应该是LC递交的时候就是PD。关于收费涨价,那是八月十八后的事情,只要是八月十七前交的就是老的收费标准。不信大家看官方的文档。