experience for Labor

[sonupv]

Hi Everybody,

My company plans to apply for labor certification for me but I see a potential problem and so would appreciate advice regarding that.

I work as a software developer and have a masters degree in IT from USA. My bachelors degree from India was in Mechanical Engineering.

When I was in the final semester of bachelors I got a job offer in software development and started working before completing all the courses of the final semester. I worked full time for 2 yrs and also completed my final semester during that period. I worked from 1998-2000 and my bachelors degree also shows the year 2000.

My present US employer hired me on the basis of that 2 years experience and my masters degree.
I've been working with them for 2 years now but as I understand experience with the employer filing for labor certification can't be counted.

And the job description requires 2 years of experience. So my question is that give my situation could my 2 years exp (before fully completing my bachelors in mechanical engg.) be considered valid for labor certification and subsequent green card purposes with the present employer.
Or should I be looking for a new job.

Thanks in advance.
Sonu

 

[Vellore99]

My feeling is that you will need a letter from your previous company indicating that you were working 40 hrs/week and were full-time employed. This is important because any job you hold while you are a student is counted as 20hrs/week and thus counts towards only half the duration of actual time spent.

About, whether having those 2 years as work ex. before getting your Bachelor's degree is an issue, I am not sure.

V99

 

[sonupv]

Hi V99,

Thanks for your reply. I can get the letter from the previous employer to prove that I worked full time. And Students also do internships and they do work 40 hr/week during that time, is that still not considered full time experience.

Thanks
Sonu