advertising after getting prevailing wage

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Hi everybody,

A quick question about the subj. The company I'm working with, hired a lawyer for my LC/I140/I485 process. However I have some concerns about the way this lady worked. She had refused to start advertising process until she received an official prevailing wage from SWA. In my opinion it was an awful time wasting (took abt 1.5 month). I was insisting on starting recruitment advertising asap. However, the lawyer told my employer that waiting for the wage was "general practice".
I knew that DOL allowed that, but...

So, how did your lawyer do? Does such a "practice" really exist?

Well, the second question. Have anybody dealt with Larrabee-n-Zimmerman law firm in San Diego, CA? Any references, opinions, hints?

Thanks in advance.
 
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Well...you got your PERM..so it doesn't matter. Congratulations!!!
Well...you can advertise without getting the job order from SWA. The only catch is that if you offer a salary lower than the salary that SWA finally suggests, then you will need to restart the recruitment. So if your attorney is reasonably sure that the salary offered for the position is reasonably high, then they usually advertise right away.
 
creative10 said:
Well...you got your PERM..so it doesn't matter. Congratulations!!!
Well...you can advertise without getting the job order from SWA. The only catch is that if you offer a salary lower than the salary that SWA finally suggests, then you will need to restart the recruitment. So if your attorney is reasonably sure that the salary offered for the position is reasonably high, then they usually advertise right away.
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thanks for the response. I know that it's allowed. However, how many lawyers follow this way? Is there any sign of such a practice, or the lawyer told me BS?
 
-me- said:
thanks for the response. I know that it's allowed. However, how many lawyers follow this way? Is there any sign of such a practice, or the lawyer told me BS?
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It is only happens if you have some people in your company which have the same job desc like you have and already received PWD. Or you have to search for the PWD and use level 3 or 4 (I would suggest to use level 4 since that is the maximum you can get . It will be more risk if your salary is lower than level 4).

If you are the first one, then PWD should be need before ad. Of course, it depends on your company. If they agree to pay for 2 cycles ad if the salary is not higher than PWD, it is fine :)

Mine was ad before actually submit PWD. Do them in parallel to save time.
 
Ok. Now it's clear for me. Thanks a lot.
So the only question l have is about Larrabee law firm in San Diego. Has anybody dealt with them?
 
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