Category: Immigration

SWA Site Outages

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By: Lauren Ray Anything that interrupts recruitment can be a headache. Our team does their best to lessen the impact of unexpected situations like SWA outages. Through this post, you’ll get a glimpse of how Park deals with these situations. What are SWAs? State Workforce Agency websites are run by each individual state. Job openings are posted and advertised on these platforms. As a part of the PERM process, it is required by the DOL to post on a SWA site for a minimum of 30 days. What does it mean when a SWA site is down? When a SWA site goes down, it means that it is inaccessible. Sometimes the site is down for maintenance, other times they’ve gone down due to cyber attacks ...

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Wage Transparency Information for States that Require Salary in Ad Texts

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By: Rachel von Habsburg Wage transparency is legislation introduced at the state level to ensure fair practice of sharing employee compensation. Posting salaries and how pay decisions are made ensures workplace equity among potential applicants and current employees. The language required varies from state to state, and Park stays up to date on any new pay transparency laws that are enacted. California is a great example of a state that currently enforces wage transparency for open job postings to the public. They require that employers with 15 or more employees must include a pay scale for job postings. Park quality checks all the ad text received by our clients to ensure that they are compliant with these regulations. For example, ...

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Overcoming H-1B Challenges for Highly Educated Beneficiaries: How Specialized Graduate Studies Can Strengthen Your Case

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By: Maddie Carlson Challenges imposed on H-1B petitions can cause quite a headache, especially when a beneficiary is clearly overqualified to perform the responsibilities of their proffered role. While boasting higher-level graduate studies can be to the benefit of a beneficiary in many cases, the basic verbiage surrounding what they completed their studies in can sometimes be to their detriment. When it comes to fulfilling degree requirements for highly educated beneficiaries, Park has resources tailored to properly represent your client. With over 20,000 petitions being filed on behalf of beneficiaries with a Master’s degree or higher annually, proving your clients’ ability to fulfill the academic requirements of their offered job roles can become quite tricky. This is especially true ...

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Misprinted Ads

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By: Abigail Heffner When Park advises newspapers that an advertisement is ready and approved to run, we send them the approved proof and exact wording of the ad needing to run. We also require that newspaper vendors send us a firm confirmation that the ad has been placed. However, vendor actions are beyond our control, and unfortunately, there are times when an ad runs incorrectly or not at all. This can occur for a few reasons. Sometimes, there is simply human error, and newspaper contacts forget to submit the ad for placement on their end. Other times, there is a separate layout department that makes unapproved changes to make the ad fit on the page. If the ad didn't run at all, ...

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Rural Area Recruitment

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By: Hali Francis One hurdle faced with PERM Recruitment is finding print options in rural areas, as these areas often have limited advertising options. At Park, we approach rural areas with a comprehensive search. The U.S. Census Bureau does not provide a definition for “rural,” but it does state that rural areas include all geographic areas that are not classified as urban. Urban areas are classified as densely developed territory and include residential, commercial, and other nonresidential urban land uses. Each area must encompass at least 2,000 housing units or at least 5,000 people to be considered urban. Small towns that fall outside of those requirements can otherwise be considered rural. For example, we had a client who needed to advertise in Potter ...

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Recruitment Requirements for PERM: Professional vs. Non-Professional

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By: Samantha Collins The Department of Labor and the PERM process have distinct recruitment requirements for professional and non-professional job positions, primarily based on educational criteria. Professional Jobs:These roles require at least a Bachelor's degree and involve a more comprehensive recruitment process compared to non-professional positions. Required Advertising: Newspaper Ads:Place ads on two different Sundays in a widely circulated newspaper within the area of intended employment. The publication should be suitable for reaching qualified U.S. workers for the specific occupation. For rural areas without a Sunday edition, use the newspaper with the widest circulation in that region.

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Understanding “Research Only” Ph.D. Programs: A Closer Look

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By: Howard Borenstein I would like to devote this blog post to discussing the “research only” Ph.D. programs. The impetus for this is that over the past month, we have received two RFE’s specifically on Greek Ph.D. programs claiming that a Ph.D. from Greece was not equivalent to a Ph.D. in the US. This is despite the fact that Greece only offers research-based and not classroom-based Ph.D. programs. AACRAO EDGE is clear that the Ph.D. degree from Greece is indeed equivalent to an earned doctorate in the United States. The nature of the challenges I have seen, in my opinion, reveals USCIS’ specific understanding of higher education. Namely, that a bachelor’s ...

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Park Evaluations: Delivering Comprehensive Solutions for a High-Stakes Immigration Case 

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By: Nikki Ummell In recent months, Park Evaluations demonstrated unparalleled versatility and efficiency, particularly as we approached the bustling H-1B season. While we are known for our exceptional credential evaluations, expert opinion letters, and PERM recruitment services, a recent translation project showcased our ability to provide holistic solutions to complex immigration cases.  The Challenge: A Multifaceted Translation Project  A prominent law firm, in collaboration with a Fortune 500 company, faced the daunting task of facilitating the sale of a subsidiary, necessitating the translation of over 1,000 pages of critical business and legal documents from twelve different languages. This project was not just about translating content; it required a nuanced understanding of legal terminologies and business concepts across ...

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ABCs of the PERM Labor Certification Process with Krystal Alanis of Reddy & Neumann, P.C.

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We all know that the PERM Process can be a long and daunting path to US citizenship. One of Park’s own, Emily Yam Grant, recently consulted  with Krystal Alanis, Partner at Reddy & Neumann, P.C., to get a better understanding of the details, timing, and amazing legal work immigration attorneys undertake to get candidates to the finish line. Not all heroes wear capes! Q: Can you give a general overview of the PERM Labor Certification process?

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Declaring “National Importance” with an Employer-Focused Proposed Endeavor

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By: Hailey Sylvander We recently facilitated an interesting expert opinion letter for one of our clients’ National Interest Waiver (NIW) petitions. The beneficiary worked in mechanical engineering and robotics, specifically as it applies to biotechnology – a field with countless benefits to the United States, its economy, and its society. While demonstrating the national importance of this work would not normally be a challenge for our experts, the stated endeavor at the heart of this petition carried a strong focus on the beneficiary’s work for the petitioning company. And supporting a “proposed endeavor” that is employer-focused does require extra care, as USCIS often does, and most likely would ...

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