MrCoolz,
Would like us know your firend's case was approved recently or one year earlier? Because I found this in murthy chat room on pril 14, 2003:
The original language of AC21 and the June 2001 INS/BCIs memo said a salary difference should not make any difference as long as it was above the poverty guidelines. Now, sometime in late 2002 or early 2003 the INS/BCIS Headquarters informed AILA representatives that the person would have to be paid the same salary as in the original LC since otherwise the employer would be failing to pay the required prevaling wage which is required in labor certificatin cases. This conclusion fails to recognize the prevaling wage differences in various parts of the country.