Rabbit75

Hello all,

This is my first post here, I hope to hear some good advice from you guys
out here as I am really exasperated by the delays that my consular office is
giving me.

As of today, I've already appeared at my local consulate office thrice to
submit the job offer letter from my employer in support of my immigrant visa
application.

First time, I was asked to reappear with a revised letter because the
consular officer told me my annual wage stated in the letter is too low,
compared to the Prevailing Minimum Wage of the state that I'll be working
in.

Second time, I got a new letter with a revised (higher) annual wage, but the
officer said it still fell short of the PMW. She gave me some approx figures
for the PMW and the filing wage in my labor certificate and asked me to
reappear again with a new letter from my employer matching at least the
filing wage and the number of hours I'll be working per week.

Third time round, I got the letter from my employer stating
i. an hourly wage equal to the filing wage
ii. a range of the no. working hrs per week and
iii. the previously revised annual wage (unchanged, ironically!).

And so the officer asked me to go back again to wait for the consulate's
answer. (This is what I've been asked to do in my previous visit and I think
they'll probably call me to reject the letter again.)


Now my questions are:
Is there sufficient reason that the consulate could reject my immigration
visa application?
How many times would they allow you to reappear with new employment letters?
Would such blunders made by my employer jeopardise my ENTIRE two-year effort
and copious amts of $$$ put into this application?

Help please!!
Exasperated

ian-mstm

There are many categories of "immigration visa". Exactly which one are you after, as the responses you get may be different based upon the visa.


It shouldn't matter at all what you'll be paid as long as you can demonstrate that you have or will have sufficient funds. Are you currently in Africa?


Your employer seems to have given you the requested information each time... how does this constitute a blunder?

Ian

scrubbedexpat099

Is it not the Employer who puts out most of the money?

ian-mstm

The OP says he wants "good advice" but fails significantly to give "good information". So... hard to say without knowing what visa he's after.

Ian

Rabbit75

See my reply below.

"ian-mstm" <member2954@british_expats.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected] m...
    >> Hello all,
    >> This is my first post here, I hope to hear some good advice from you
    >> guys
    >> out here as I am really exasperated by the delays that my consular
    >> office is
    >> giving me.
    >> As of today, I've already appeared at my local consulate office thrice
    >> to
    >> submit the job offer letter from my employer in support of my
    >> immigrant visa
    >> application.
    >> First time, I was asked to reappear with a revised letter
    >> because the
    >> consular officer told me my annual wage stated in the letter is
    >> too low,
    >> compared to the Prevailing Minimum Wage of the state that I'll
    >> be working
    >> in.
    >> Second time, I got a new letter with a revised (higher) annual wage,
    >> but the
    >> officer said it still fell short of the PMW. She gave me some approx
    >> figures
    >> for the PMW and the filing wage in my labor certificate and asked me
    >> to
    >> reappear again with a new letter from my employer matching at least
    >> the
    >> filing wage and the number of hours I'll be working per week.
    >> Third time round, I got the letter from my employer stating
    >> i. an hourly wage equal to the filing wage
    >> ii. a range of the no. working hrs per week and
    >> iii. the previously revised annual wage (unchanged, ironically!).
    >> And so the officer asked me to go back again to wait for the
    >> consulate's
    >> answer. (This is what I've been asked to do in my previous visit and I
    >> think
    >> they'll probably call me to reject the letter again.)
    >> Now my questions are:
    >> Is there sufficient reason that the consulate could reject my
    >> immigration
    >> visa application?
    >> How many times would they allow you to reappear with new employment
    >> letters?
    >> Would such blunders made by my employer jeopardise my ENTIRE two-year
    >> effort
    >> and copious amts of $$$ put into this application?
    >> Help please!!
    >> Exasperated
    > There are many categories of "immigration visa". Exactly which one
    > are you after, as the responses you get may be different based
    > upon the visa.

What I meant by "immigration visa" is "green card", or "permanant residency
visa". The details about the filing wage in the Labor Certificate should
give you clear enough hints about the class of IV I am after. Anyway, I'm
not here to debate this point.

    > It shouldn't matter at all what you'll be paid as long as you can
    > demonstrate that you have or will have sufficient funds. Are you
    > currently in Africa?

I am not asked to demonstrate my funding condition at all. If yes, I'd be
glad to, but no. This has never been a requirement.

    > Your employer seems to have given you the requested information each
    > time... how does this constitute a blunder?

For the first two times, they provided an annual wage figure that failed to
meet the filing wage in my LC. The third time, the hourly rate times the no
of hours worked/yr is does not tally with the quoted annual wage figure. In
fact the quoted figure was still the SAME as what they quoted in the second
letter. Now what is this then if not blunders?

Now my real concern is how many times would they allow you to reappear with
new employment letters? On what grounds can the consulate totally reject an
applicant? Any experienced US immigration gurus would like to advise me on
these?

    > Ian
    > --
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ian-mstm

Well then, why would you want to work for a company that is so blatantly incompetent?

Ian

Ray

Sounds like the whole thing is totally fraudulent .........

Folinskyinla

Hi:

I wouldn't go that far -- but I don't blame you for applying the "smell test."

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