ImmInfo Newsletter
Contents   Vol. 5, No. 13,
September 30, 2011

  • Who assigns your work?

  • Site visits.

  • The DOL's wasted effort

  • The USCIS changes policy on notices

  • Interesting comments from the USCIS
 

 

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Who assigns your work?

This is a question that is asked at both site visits and during visa interviews abroad. It can be highly confusing. If your answer is anything other than your employer’s name, then the person asking the question may misunderstand and become suspicious of the legitimacy of your petition approval.

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Site visits
FDNS has recently stepped up the number of site visits that they are conducting. In some instances, the beneficiary has moved on to a new employer or a new worksite. Typically, in this situation, the petitioner/employer will receive an email after the visit from either the Vermont or California Service Center which states that they conducted a site visit on a certain date and that the beneficiary was not present at the worksite.
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The DOL's wasted effort

The Department of Labor dropped everything back at the end of June in order to bring the H2 prevailing wage determinations (PWD) up to date. In oder to do this, they had to stop processing PWDs for PERM and H1B cases. They only recently resumed PERM and H1B PWD processing. As it turns out, the entire exercise was a huge waste of time.
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The USCIS changes policy on notices

Without advance notice or warning, on September 12, 2011 the USCIS changed their policy with respect to the mailing of original notices. In a formal announcement made on September 30, 2011, they acknowledged that for the last several weeks they have  been sending original approval notices to petitioners and applicants, not their attorneys.
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Interesting comments from the USCIS

In a recent quarterly stakeholders meeting at the California Service Center (August 10, 2011), USCIS personnel offered opinions with respect to two hot topics: the need for an H1B amendment when the beneficiary's employment changes, and the continuing validity of an H1B extension even if the underlying I-140 is denied or revoked.
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