EB1B-OR job permanency

[bhakum]

I heard that USCIS may not consider the full time permanent research position with an auto renewal of job contract (mainly this contract thing is for the pay hike) as a "permanent position". is that true? I got an RFE and this permanency was their first question. I got a letter (addressed to the INS authotories) from chairman of my dept and Dean saying in the exact words as described in the requirements for EB1B. I wonder maybe i will get another RFE for the same?

I also heard sometimes USCIS can amend the petition filed on one catogery to some other catogery they think it qualifies and approves it. Does that happen often?

What if my employer contacts the congressmen for help/assitance as they have congressional liasion at each center? Does it have a positive impact on the petiton leading to an approval?

thanks.

 

[lamonte]

I heard that USCIS may not consider the full time permanent research position with an auto renewal of job contract (mainly this contract thing is for the pay hike) as a "permanent position". is that true? I got an RFE and this permanency was their first question. I got a letter (addressed to the INS authotories) from chairman of my dept and Dean saying in the exact words as described in the requirements for EB1B. I wonder maybe i will get another RFE for the same?

Second RFE's are uncommon. If you work at university make sure that you spell it out that you're not a post-doc. Show salary data. It would also help if the letter from the Dean used the exact language the used in the RFE.

I also heard sometimes USCIS can amend the petition filed on one catogery to some other catogery they think it qualifies and approves it. Does that happen often?

First time I hear about something like this. This is very USCIS-unlike

What if my employer contacts the congressmen for help/assitance as they have congressional liasion at each center? Does it have a positive impact on the petiton leading to an approval?

No. The common misconception is that Congressmen are high-ranking federal officials. They're not, nor they're experts in your field.