Read some interesting comments from Philly DOL thread.
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zodiac2003
Junior Member
Delaware LC
Hi Guys,
I have been a silent observer to the posts for sometime now. Wanted to share this information and get some answers from you guys..
My labor application, applied from DE in Dec 2002, moved to Philly DOL on Aug 13th.
Our company, a registered company in DE and has been successfully running for the last 8 years without any lay offs or any problem with immigration in terms of Green Cards. It is just that we dont have a fully blown office setup in DE. We just have couple of applications Pending. We have in no way misused the rules in DE nor filed enormous number of applications.
Recently my lawyer (Supposed to be a big firm from DE) had called us up and informed that Philly DOL had called up this lawyer firm approximately 2 1/2 weeks backs and informed them about some changes in definitions of a company operating from DE. Have asked any applications who do not fit into these definitions will be scrutinized or rejected. If the company or the law firm try to respond or fight, company will be refered to OIG(Office of Inspector General). If that happens, it is will become a criminal case if they find any discrepancies.
Now the Lawyer is almost is giving us no other option and more or less forcing us to withdraw the application filed from Delaware. He says there are no corrective actions to this.
We know Philly DOL have changed the definition of company maintaining the offices in DE, but have few questions,
Have you or your companies heard anything like withdrawing as only option left?
Why is this kind of information not posted any where in the immigration websites?
Does moving to different lawyer makes sense now?
Would appreciate if you can let me know at the earliest. We have to answer the lawyer about withdrawing the applications by early next week.
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kohinoor4me
Junior Member
Same as yours
Same as yours, My labor application, applied from DE in Dec 2002, moved to Philly DOL on Aug 20th.
Changing lawyer may not help, my attorney is Sheela Murthy and giving same advice.
I am filling fresh labor from Philadelphia , it is just 2 months back logged.
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indgc123
Member
My lawyer also adviced me not to respond to the NOF. He has spoken to Philly DOL Certifying Officer (Steven Stefanco) on the phone where Stefanco indicated that if we respond to the query they will handover the case to the fraud investigation authorities.
The best option Stefanco has suggested in this matter is to file a new labor from the company's head-quarter . He also mentioned that he won't take any action against our company if we don't fight for the case.
My lawyer is one of the popular lawyers in the USA (host of channel 13 Immigration forum) has suggested to file another labor separately from my company's head-quarters.
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