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Alberto Castillo
Immigration Services Manager

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Phone: 956-665-3021

Email: alberto.castillo@utrgv.edu

HR Immigration Quick Links

H-1B - Immigration Forms (Internal and Government Agencies)

To gather information to fill out the basic questions in the USCIS Nonimmigrant worker status.

Documentation of the actual wage determination is required by Department of Labor regulations in order to ensure that employers are paying similarly situated employees equivalent salaries. This statement must specify the criteria used by the employer to differentiate among employees included in the same occupations with similar experience and education. A thorough explanation of the factors leading to the wage rate is imperative.

The acknowledgment of the responsibility for all applicable fee(s) for the petition being handled on behalf of the Employee. The department will be responsible for all application, processing, and handling fees for the employee only.

Support of the petition for nonimmigrant worker

H-1B

Certification pertaining to the release of controlled technology or technical data to foreign persons in the United States.

H-1B Export Control Certification

 

True copies (or certified copies) of original documents are often needed to make sure that copies submitted are true, exact, complete, and unaltered.

True Copies Statement

Acknowledgment that we have submitted that specific portion to the employee.

I-797A Approval Notice Release Form

This form is intended for use by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley hiring/host departments to notify the Immigration Services (IS) of the expected completion or termination of employment of an international employee in H-1B, TN, O-1, or another nonimmigrant status. For employees in H-1B, TN, and O-1 status, the information gathered here will be used by the IS to terminate employment sponsorship with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in accordance with federal regulations.

H-1B Withdrawal - End of Assignment/Return Travel Guarantee

This form will serve as an acknowledgment that an employee, has received LCA documentation.

Acknowledgment of Receipt of LCA

Review of I-129 Visa Petition and LCA before submittal to the Department of Homeland Security and agree that all information is accurate to the best of the employee's knowledge If corrections were needed, Assured that they have been made and reviewed one final time before submission.

An employee is informed that IS will abandon the petition if he chooses to leave the U.S. while the petition is pending adjudication from USCIS.

Employee Validation of H-1B Petition Filling

Labor Condition Application Posting Record. To be completed, signed, and returned to the IS after the LCA Posting Notice has been posted for ten business days.

Notice of Filling Labor Condition Application (10 days)

When an H-1B or E-3 employee is promoted to a new position, demoted, and/or changes departments within the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Immigration Services must be informed. Immigration Services is required to maintain documentation explaining the change(s), the new job duties, and the new wage. UTRGV must show that the required wage rate has been met with respect to the new position and file an amended H-1B or E-3 petition if the changes are considered significant under the Dept. of Labor criteria.

Employee Promotion, Demotion, or Department Transfer

Immigration Forms - USCIS, DOS & DOL

IMPORTANT: To ensure your address is updated, do not download Form AR-11 until you read this page: Change of Address Information, as you may also be required to contact the National Customer Service Center (800-375-5283).

AR-11 Change of Address

For a nonimmigrant to apply for a new or replacement Form I-94 or I-95 Nonimmigrant Arrival-Departure Document.

I-102 Application for Replacement

For petitioners filing on behalf of a nonimmigrant worker to come to the United States temporarily to perform services or labor, or to receive training, as an H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, H-3, L-1, O-1, O-2, P-1, P-1S, P-2, P-2S, P-3, P-3S, Q-1 or R-1 nonimmigrant worker. Petitioners may also use this form to request an extension of stay in or change of status to E-1, E-2, E-3, H-1B1, or TN, or one of the above classifications for a foreign national.

I-129 Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker

To apply for a re-entry permit, refugee travel document, or advance parole travel document, to include parole into the U.S. for humanitarian reasons.

I-131 Application for Travel Document

Use this form to petition for an alien worker to become a permanent resident in the United States.

I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker

To apply for lawful permanent resident status if you are in the United States

I-485 Application for Adjustment of Status

  • Certain nonimmigrants to extend their stay or change to another nonimmigrant status;
  • CNMI residents applying for an initial grant of status;
  • F and M nonimmigrants to apply for reinstatement; and,
  • Persons seeking V nonimmigrant status or an extension of stay as a V nonimmigrant.

I-539 Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status

Certain foreign nationals, who are eligible to work in the United States, use Form I-765 to request an employment authorization document (EAD).

I-765 Application for Employment Authorization

To request further action on a previously approved application or petition

I-824 Application for Action on an Approved Petition

Employers may use this form to request faster processing of certain employment-based petitions and applications. Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, and Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, have been designated for Premium Processing Service.

Use this form to provide biographic information.

G-325A Biographic Information

Form DS-5535, Supplemental Questions for Visa Applicants, standardize the collection of additional information, including social media usage, from immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants "who have been determined to warrant additional scrutiny in connection with terrorism or other national security-related visa ineligibilities." If a consular officer determines that a visa applicant warrants this additional scrutiny, the applicant will be instructed to provide the following information on Form DS-5535:
    1. Travel history during the last fifteen years, including the source of funding for travel;
    2. Address history during the last fifteen years;
    3. Employment history during the last fifteen years;
    4. All passport numbers and country of issuance held by the applicant;
    5. Names and dates of birth for all siblings;
    6. Name and dates of birth for all children;
    7. Names and dates of birth for all current and former spouses, or civil or domestic partners;

Social media platforms and identifiers, also known as handles, were used during the last five years; and Phone numbers and email addresses were used during the last five years.

DS-5535 Supplemental Questions for Visa Applicants

A permanent labor certification issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) allows an employer to hire a foreign worker to work permanently in the United States.

ETA 9089 Permanent Online Application Form

Employers must submit a Labor Condition Application (LCA/ ETA Form 9035E/ 9035) to the Department of Labor attesting to compliance with the requirements of the H-1B, H-1B1, or E-3 program.

ETA 9035 LCA for Non-Immigrant Workers - Online Application

The H-1B nonimmigrant workers and other workers in similar jobs will be paid the actual wage for the occupation at the place of employment, or the prevailing wage level for the occupation in that geographic area, whichever one is higher.

ETA 9141 Application for PWD for Non-Immigrant Workers

If the employee benefiting from the LCA is not currently working for the employer and the Administrator has not commenced an investigation.

ETA 9089 Permanent Online Application Form – Withdrawal