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<html> <head> <title>Green Card Applications, US Green Card, US Immigration Visa Services, Employment Visas - VisaNow.com InfoCenter VisaNow Original Content</title> <meta name="description" content="VisaNow.com offers US immigration visa Services and up to date information Immigration issues."> <meta name="keywords" content="GREEN CARDS, US GREEN CARD, GREENCARD, EMPLOYMENT VISA, IMMIGRATION, UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION VISA, US IMMIGRATION VISA, H-1B VISA, H1B VISA, UNITED STATES GREENCARD, EMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY, IMMIGRATION, LAWYER, IMMIGRATION SERVICES, IMMIGRANT, US CITIZENSHIP, USCIS, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, WORK PERMITS, ETA 750 A, ETA 750 B, I-130, I-140, I-485, I-765, B-1, B-2, EMPLOYER ASSISTANCE, IMMIGRATION FORMS AND APPLICATIONS, USCIS FORMS, VISA PROCESSING SERVICE, HUMAN RESOURCE, TOURIST VISA, STUDENT VISA, PERMANENT RESIDENCE, TEMPORARY RESIDENCE, VISA INFORMATION, VISANOW.COM, VISANOW, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, IL"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/visanow.css" type="text/css"> <script language="JavaScript" src="/IFrame.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- VerifyIFrameParent('/IMMIGRATION_VISA_INFORMATION/visanoworiginalcontent/2001/2001-gc-fasttrack.asp'); //--> </script> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td width="100%"> <p><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="5"><br> <span class="header">VisaNow Original Content</span><span class="header-grey"> - 2001 <br> <br> </span> <span class="subhead">Putting Your Employees’ Green Card Applications on the Fast Track<br> </span> <span class="text"> For many foreign workers employed by U.S. companies, attaining permanent residency, or a green card, is the brass ring. It provides them with a sense of security that they will be able to stay in the U.S., and shows them that their employer values their contributions to the company. <p>Unfortunately, the U.S. green card process can take anywhere from three to five years to complete – and in some cases, even longer. This becomes an issue, as the duration of common work visas is no more than six years total. Although legislation passed in October 2000 allows some workers on H-1B visas to stay in the U.S. while their green card application is pending, this process is usually long and arduous for both the employer and the candidate. </p> <p>Reduction in Recruitment (RIR), the “fast-track” labor certification process, can be used by companies to greatly reduce the time it takes to obtain an employment-based green card for an employee. This can, at times, mean the difference between retaining or losing a valued foreign worker.</p> <p>RIR can be used to expedite the labor certification process, the first step to getting a green card. This part of the process can normally take two to four years to complete, but with an RIR program, it can be shortened to just a few months. To qualify, your company must be able to document a pattern of recruitment for a period of six months preceding the filing of the RIR application. </p> <p>Your foreign national employees might be eligible for expedited processing under the RIR program if they work in positions for which there are an extremely limited number of qualified applicants, as demonstrated by a pattern of recruitment by your company. This includes many IT- and engineering-related jobs.</p> <p>You must have well-documented evidence that in the last six months, your company has attempted recruitment for the position (or similar position) your green card candidate currently holds. Recruitment sources typically deemed acceptable include:</p> </span> <ul> <li><span class="text">Consecutive monthly newspaper/journal advertisements in leading periodicals for the particular field or a large newspaper of general circulation;</span></li> <li><span class="text">Posting of notices of the job opportunity internally at your place of business;</span></li> <li><span class="text">Postings on Internet or intranet pages announcing the job opportunity and a record of all hits to the page during the six-month recruitment period;</span></li> <li><span class="text">Pamphlets, brochures and other materials evidencing the company’s participation at job fairs or on-campus recruitment;</span></li> <li><span class="text">Employee referral incentive programs, or an explanation of such programs;</span></li> <li><span class="text">Contracts evidencing the company’s use of external search agencies;</span></li> <li><span class="text">Explanation of the company’s internal recruitment department, including its budget and number of recruitment staff;</span></li> <li><span class="text">Evidence of college campus recruitment</span></li> <li><span class="text">Evidence of job fairs. </span></li> </ul> <span class="text"> <p>In many states, the States’ Departments of Labor or the State Employment Security Administrations (SESA) typically requires that at least four advertisements be placed in the six months prior to the filing of the RIR, and that the ads have been supplemented by the other sources of recruitment mentioned above. </p> <p>Following recruitment attempts, your company will need to submit a recruitment report to the SESA identifying all of the sources used for recruitment, as well as the results, including:</p> </span> <ul> <li><span class="text">The number of related open positions at the outset of the six-month recruitment period.</span></li> <li><span class="text">The number of openings that remain at the close of the recruitment period.</span></li> <li><span class="text">The number of resumes received in response to the recruitment efforts.</span></li> <li><span class="text">The number of individuals that were interviewed.</span></li> <li><span class="text">The number of job offers that were extended.</span></li> <li><span class="text">The number of offers that were accepted. </span></li> </ul> <p><span class="text">Accompanying the recruitment report, you will also need to send the SESA:</span></p> <ul> <li><span class="text">The application for the RIR candidate</span></li> <li><span class="text">All evidence of recruitment</span></li> <li><span class="text">All resumes and cover letters received in response to the advertisements, internal positing or other means of recruitment.</span></li> <li><span class="text">All correspondence and certified mail receipts sent to any applicant.</span></li> </ul> <p><span class="text">After the SESA approves the application, they send it on to the U.S. Department of Labor. The U.S. DOL will treat the candidate’s labor certification on an expedited basis, speeding up the green card process.</span></p> <span class="text"> <p>If you would like to undertake RIR for your employees whom you want to sponsor for permanent residency, you can do so if:</p> </span> <ul> <li><span class="text">Your company has collected evidence of recruitment in the past six months,<br> <br> </span></li> <span class="text"><b>OR</b></span> <li><span class="text">Your company is planning on engaging in a recruitment campaign in the next six months.</span></li> </ul> <p><span class="text">While it sounds like a lot of work, qualifying for RIR can be as easy as tweaking your normal recruitment strategy and methods and knowing the right things to file with the SESA. Most quality immigration service providers can assist you with establishing and running a Reduction in Recruitment program that can shave months or even years of your foreign workers’ green card processing.</span></p> <span class="text"> <p><i>Article written by and reprinted with permission from VisaNow.com, provider of online U.S. visa and immigration services. For more information on Reduction in Recruitment programs or a specific immigration issue, send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:visas@visanow.com">visas@visanow.com</a>. </i><br> <br> </p> </span> <a href="" onClick="self.scrollTo(0,0); return false;" id="anchors">TOP</a><img src="/images/g-divider.gif" width="15" height="10"><a href="#" onclick="parent.history.back(); return false;" id="anchors">Back</a></td> <td rowspan="11"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="25" height="1"></td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>
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