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Company size matters?
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I work for very small company. They don\'t even nice letterhead & no logo etc. Just bigger size fonts (26) in MS Word for company name at top & contents are in 12 size fonts. Is it ok to do CP or its better to go for AOS? I worry is consulate is not going to look at offer letter and consider it as a fake type. If they do that without even verifying from independent source, can I ask my company to fax additional letters/proof etc? What I mean to say is there any way to prove genuinity or we don\'t have that right in CP? I was given that same letterhead for labor & I-140. Do Consulate has copy of those letters because if they have, then they can verify the consistency.
Please give me your ideas/experiences. Based on the replies I get I\'m thinking of choosing CP instead of AOS.
Thanks.
I work for very small company. They don\'t even nice letterhead & no logo etc. Just bigger size fonts (26) in MS Word for company name at top & contents are in 12 size fonts. Is it ok to do CP or its better to go for AOS? I worry is consulate is not going to look at offer letter and consider it as a fake type. If they do that without even verifying from independent source, can I ask my company to fax additional letters/proof etc? What I mean to say is there any way to prove genuinity or we don\'t have that right in CP? I was given that same letterhead for labor & I-140. Do Consulate has copy of those letters because if they have, then they can verify the consistency.
Please give me your ideas/experiences. Based on the replies I get I\'m thinking of choosing CP instead of AOS.
Thanks.
No Title
I am not a lawyer but I think since you were approved for LC and I-140 you should be more than OK at this stage with your no frills letter. Personally, I would expect more problems with AOS than CP.
Go to and read: http://www.imminfo.com/imminfoftp/imminfo analysis 2.pdf. It might help you to make up your mind. Good luck!
I am not a lawyer but I think since you were approved for LC and I-140 you should be more than OK at this stage with your no frills letter. Personally, I would expect more problems with AOS than CP.
Go to and read: http://www.imminfo.com/imminfoftp/imminfo analysis 2.pdf. It might help you to make up your mind. Good luck!
No Title
The notary makes sure the people signing the letter are who they claim to be and who they claim to represent.
When INS officer sees the notary seal, he knows it is not fake. If he has doubt (which they almost never do) they can contact the notary and/or the signers to verify.
The letter should contain the company\'s name which should be your sponsor\'s name.
As said above, LC and I140 was approved and nobody is going to question that now, they are just looking to see I140 sponsorship is still \'on\' and valid.
Last, you bring this letter to them when you go to the interview. They have only but few seconds to look at it before approving your case.
Don\'t worry about this; do CP and get your GC quick.
The notary makes sure the people signing the letter are who they claim to be and who they claim to represent.
When INS officer sees the notary seal, he knows it is not fake. If he has doubt (which they almost never do) they can contact the notary and/or the signers to verify.
The letter should contain the company\'s name which should be your sponsor\'s name.
As said above, LC and I140 was approved and nobody is going to question that now, they are just looking to see I140 sponsorship is still \'on\' and valid.
Last, you bring this letter to them when you go to the interview. They have only but few seconds to look at it before approving your case.
Don\'t worry about this; do CP and get your GC quick.
Size doesn\'t matter
Todal333,
Size doesn\'t matter, it is what you do with the company!
Seriously, at CP stage they\'d be more concerned about whether the matter on your employment letter matches up with that on the LC:
- your position / title
- job responsibilities
- salary, etc.
The company should have provided financial information at I-140 stage. If it would help you feel any better, carry that information with you for the interview.
As for rights in CP, you have more than you think. In a rare case, the officer may require you to provide additional documents (may mean another trip to the consulate). In the worst case, if they deny the case, they have to provide a solid reason. You will have time to contest it. Look up
http://www.imminfo.com/Immigrants/Consular IV/Consular IV processing.html
for more details, esp. the link for Consular refusals. Here is an excerpt from that page:
When an immigrant visa is refused, an appropriate record shall be made in duplicate on a form prescribed by the Department. The form shall be signed and dated by the consular officer. The consular officer shall inform the applicant of the provision of law or implementing regulation on which the refusal is based and of any statutory provisions under which administrative relief is available. Each document related to the refusal shall then be attached to Form OF-230 for retention in the refusal files. any document not related to the refusal shall be returned to the applicant. If the grounds of ineligibility may be overcome by the presentation of additional evidence and the applicant indicates an intention to submit such evidence, all documents may, with the consent of the alien, be retained in the consular files for a period not to exceed one year. If the refusal has not been overcome within one year, any documents not relating to the refusal shall be removed from the file and returned to the alien.
Good luck!
Todal333,
Size doesn\'t matter, it is what you do with the company!
Seriously, at CP stage they\'d be more concerned about whether the matter on your employment letter matches up with that on the LC:
- your position / title
- job responsibilities
- salary, etc.
The company should have provided financial information at I-140 stage. If it would help you feel any better, carry that information with you for the interview.
As for rights in CP, you have more than you think. In a rare case, the officer may require you to provide additional documents (may mean another trip to the consulate). In the worst case, if they deny the case, they have to provide a solid reason. You will have time to contest it. Look up
http://www.imminfo.com/Immigrants/Consular IV/Consular IV processing.html
for more details, esp. the link for Consular refusals. Here is an excerpt from that page:
When an immigrant visa is refused, an appropriate record shall be made in duplicate on a form prescribed by the Department. The form shall be signed and dated by the consular officer. The consular officer shall inform the applicant of the provision of law or implementing regulation on which the refusal is based and of any statutory provisions under which administrative relief is available. Each document related to the refusal shall then be attached to Form OF-230 for retention in the refusal files. any document not related to the refusal shall be returned to the applicant. If the grounds of ineligibility may be overcome by the presentation of additional evidence and the applicant indicates an intention to submit such evidence, all documents may, with the consent of the alien, be retained in the consular files for a period not to exceed one year. If the refusal has not been overcome within one year, any documents not relating to the refusal shall be removed from the file and returned to the alien.
Good luck!
Letter head
Employment verification on a professional company letter head is a very safe thing to have. I don’t recall whom, but definitely one past cper (I think in Mumbai consulate) had a problem as the letter was not on company’s letter head. He got his GC after the consulate followed up with his employer.
If you have good rapport with your company’s head, persuade him / her to get a letter head. Otherwise, design a few letter heads, get one of it approved by your company and print a few hundred sheets of the approved letter head at Kinkos. Give the letter head to your company as your gift and ask them to print your employment verification letter on it.
Just my 2 cents.
Good luck!
Employment verification on a professional company letter head is a very safe thing to have. I don’t recall whom, but definitely one past cper (I think in Mumbai consulate) had a problem as the letter was not on company’s letter head. He got his GC after the consulate followed up with his employer.
If you have good rapport with your company’s head, persuade him / her to get a letter head. Otherwise, design a few letter heads, get one of it approved by your company and print a few hundred sheets of the approved letter head at Kinkos. Give the letter head to your company as your gift and ask them to print your employment verification letter on it.
Just my 2 cents.
Good luck!
ins_waiter
Registered Users (C)
I work for 20 person company and got gc!!
Actually in Green card situations smaller the better, they like you, they will do whatver they can to keep you.
But Iam really surprised that your company does not even have a logo in your letter pad. Does it atleast look professional?
Dont write the employment verification letter in a piece of paper and take it.
Also take some company documents like brochures, if possible tax returns. In my case in I140 INS wanted tax statements, so my lawyer had a copy of those in his file. Before my cp inter, I called my lawyer and asked to send me those, some times privately held companies are little bit touchy letting out tax returns. to employees
best of luck
Actually in Green card situations smaller the better, they like you, they will do whatver they can to keep you.
But Iam really surprised that your company does not even have a logo in your letter pad. Does it atleast look professional?
Dont write the employment verification letter in a piece of paper and take it.
Also take some company documents like brochures, if possible tax returns. In my case in I140 INS wanted tax statements, so my lawyer had a copy of those in his file. Before my cp inter, I called my lawyer and asked to send me those, some times privately held companies are little bit touchy letting out tax returns. to employees
best of luck
No Logo, it doesn\'t look professional at all
Thanks all of you for your suggestions. I\'m grateful to you guys.
For I-140, company provided tax return summary (one page) directly to lawyer and asked lawyer to sign non-disclosure agreement, so he can not provide it to anybody but INS. So I don\'t think I can get tax/finance related information from company/lawyer. But I can certainly get brochures etc. In your case did Consulate Officer ask for financial documents? Or they were unecessary.
There is no logo, there is no letter head (Probably they believe in simplicity!!!). Whenever they give any letter, first line they type is company name, than address & content on same document printed on very thick yellow page. May be I\'ll try what AIM suggested, spend some money myself to get some letter head give it to employer, if I choose to do the CP.
Thanks all of you for your suggestions. I\'m grateful to you guys.
For I-140, company provided tax return summary (one page) directly to lawyer and asked lawyer to sign non-disclosure agreement, so he can not provide it to anybody but INS. So I don\'t think I can get tax/finance related information from company/lawyer. But I can certainly get brochures etc. In your case did Consulate Officer ask for financial documents? Or they were unecessary.
There is no logo, there is no letter head (Probably they believe in simplicity!!!). Whenever they give any letter, first line they type is company name, than address & content on same document printed on very thick yellow page. May be I\'ll try what AIM suggested, spend some money myself to get some letter head give it to employer, if I choose to do the CP.