Employment Based Immigration Handbook

Xinren Yu

Message from Xinren Yu, Director

Center for International Studies and Programs

Our institution attracts some of the most talented staff and faculty from around the globe. One of our goals at the Center for International Studies and Programs (CISP) is to provide a platform for sponsoring stakeholders to recruit and retain diverse talent in order to foster academic and professional growth and cultivate a global campus community.

Hiring an employee under the H-1B nonimmigrant classification is highly complex and is a heavily regulated process. Our team is dedicated to guiding a sponsoring College or Department through the intricacies and nuances of federal regulations as it relates to the H-1B program. Sponsoring stakeholders and beneficiaries alike will find this handbook to be a useful resource in understanding how the process works and how to maintain compliance under the program.

Mutual collaboration between key stakeholders will maintain the H-1B program as an irreplaceable conveyance towards the goal of collective betterment and enrichment of 淫妻社鈥檚 academic and professional community. CISP looks forward to providing informed advice as it relates to the hiring of nonimmigrant employees and will provide expertise, knowledge, and assistance when navigating the federal regulations.听

About This Handbook

This handbook contains information about the rules and regulations that apply to those who have been invited to 淫妻社 to teach, perform research or otherwise be employed under the H-1B nonimmigrant classification. This handbook will be useful for the sponsoring College or Department and the Beneficiary of the H-1B petition. Please familiarize yourself with the contents of this handbook.

This document should serve as a baseline of the rules and regulations for an H-1B petition as it is a brief overview of terminology, processes and common issues. Although this handbook does address common questions, issues, and challenges, it is not totally comprehensive. Guidelines, regulations, and filing fees are subject to change as both the rules and interpretation of immigration law are constantly changing.

Please check with CISP for the most up-to-date information. The Center for International Studies and Programs invites you to bring any and all issues or questions regarding the H-1B process to our attention.

Commonly Used Acronyms

CBP: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
DHS: Department of Homeland Security
DOL: Department of Labor
LCA: Labor Condition Application
ODH: Ohio Department of Health
OISSS: Office of International Student & Scholar Services

CISP: Center for International Studies and Programs
PERM: Program Electronic Review Management
PW: Prevailing Wage
PWDR: Prevailing Wage Determination Request
淫妻社: 淫妻社
USCIS: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

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University Sponsored H-1B Nonimmigrant Status

This handbook is limited in scope as it provides general information about The University of Toledo鈥檚 nonimmigrant and immigrant procedures. The scope of use is intended only for 淫妻社鈥檚 sponsoring Colleges and Departments and the intended employees. The application of federal regulations will vary greatly from employer to employer. Neither CISP nor this handbook offers any advice to non-淫妻社 employees regarding H-1B nonimmigrant petitions or permanent residency matters.

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淫妻社, CISP, and the sponsoring stakeholders cannot guarantee that an H-1B petition will be approved. Moreover, the University, CISP, and the sponsoring stakeholders cannot guarantee the issuance of an H-1B visa for those employees who will need to apply for one while abroad. The University cannot offer an employment contract that is greater than the authorized period permitted through USCIS or other applicable federal agency. The regulations and statements found in this handbook in no way constitute an employment contract or obligation between 淫妻社 and its employees or prospective employees.

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University Sponsored Applications for Permanent Residency

An employee or prospective employee is never guaranteed sponsorship of any employment based immigration filing (鈥済reen card鈥�). 淫妻社 may but is never obligated to sponsor foreign nationals for permanent residency. More importantly, for those employees chosen for sponsorship, 淫妻社 can never guarantee the approval of any permanent residency application or other related immigrant filings.

This handbook is not all inclusive, nor is it a substitute for legal advice on any particular issue.

CISP STAFF MEMBERS

Xinren Yu, Director of CISP
Ting Li, Assistant Director, Internationalization & Specialty Programs
Maryam Sediqe, Assistant Director,听Center for International Studies and Programs
Jessica Bergman, Manager of Immigration Compliance
Danielle Casiano, Immigration & Fulbright Advisor
Ana Fackelman, Student Services Coordinator
Anne Bennett, Program Manager
David Grajczyk, ALI Secretary

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University Hall 淫妻社
Center for International Studies and Programs
2801 W. Bancroft Street
Snyder Memorial, Room 1000
Mail Stop 120
Toledo, OH, 43606-3390
Phone: 419.530.5268
Fax: 419.530.4244
Email: Maryam.Sediqe@淫妻社.edu

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