Hi all,
My CP interview is set over 3 weeks from now, and company\'s lawyer tells me now that my current salary is below salary declared in I-140 & Labor Certif. ETA750. No time to amend petition & LCA with updated salary until the interview, so the lawyer suggested the company should give me a letter, promising that it will pay me the full salary noted in petition & LCA at the time the GC will be approved. Is this safe ?
Here\'s some background info:
I\'ve been working for 1.5 yrs. at the same company. Started as F-1, changed to H1B, straigth forward process, with constant salary equal to salary from I-129 & ETA9035. Same figure was entered in I-140 & ETA750 when they filed for my GC as EB3. Due to recession, company cut everybody\'s salary with 5% in Oct \'01. Company\'s lawyer amended my I-129 & ETA9035 with the new reduced salary, to not go out of H1B status. But didn\'t ammend the GC papers (petition & LCA). So the numbers went out of sync in Oct \'01. The lawyer didn\'t tell me a thing about this for 3 months, until now, when I\'m 3 weeks before the CP interview, and wants to patch things up with that weird letter of promise from company, that the future salary will match the one declared in the official GC papers.
What should I do ? Trust the lawyer\'s solution ? Postpone interview until I-140 & ETA750 get amended and approved with the reduced salary ? Is there a prevailing wage assoc. with GC process that has to be lower than my current salary ? Didn\'t see a prevailing wage on my I-140 & ETA750.
I need your help immediately, please. Thank you.
My CP interview is set over 3 weeks from now, and company\'s lawyer tells me now that my current salary is below salary declared in I-140 & Labor Certif. ETA750. No time to amend petition & LCA with updated salary until the interview, so the lawyer suggested the company should give me a letter, promising that it will pay me the full salary noted in petition & LCA at the time the GC will be approved. Is this safe ?
Here\'s some background info:
I\'ve been working for 1.5 yrs. at the same company. Started as F-1, changed to H1B, straigth forward process, with constant salary equal to salary from I-129 & ETA9035. Same figure was entered in I-140 & ETA750 when they filed for my GC as EB3. Due to recession, company cut everybody\'s salary with 5% in Oct \'01. Company\'s lawyer amended my I-129 & ETA9035 with the new reduced salary, to not go out of H1B status. But didn\'t ammend the GC papers (petition & LCA). So the numbers went out of sync in Oct \'01. The lawyer didn\'t tell me a thing about this for 3 months, until now, when I\'m 3 weeks before the CP interview, and wants to patch things up with that weird letter of promise from company, that the future salary will match the one declared in the official GC papers.
What should I do ? Trust the lawyer\'s solution ? Postpone interview until I-140 & ETA750 get amended and approved with the reduced salary ? Is there a prevailing wage assoc. with GC process that has to be lower than my current salary ? Didn\'t see a prevailing wage on my I-140 & ETA750.
I need your help immediately, please. Thank you.