Re: Prevailing wage
Hi, Garp,
I waited for a couple of days before I wrote this message, since my labor is still pending, I would assume some other people could be of more help. But since nobody else came out, I would like to share some of my opinions here:
It is also my concern that I will received a NOF on prevailing wage, too. But if your current salary is not far from what is defined in your NOF, you should not have any problem if your employer implies in the reply that they would increase your salary.
I saw some old cases with approval time of within one month after sending in the reply of NOF, someone even got thru in two weeks, so good luck.
I would think you will most probably not get any NOF at DOL level,
but it depends, I saw one guy who got NOF at both level but eventually got his labor. Please search Philly DOL board and his posting should be in January. Sorry I forgot his name. Another guy Jatt5abda posted a message in Philly DOL board a couple of days ago (search for his posting, it should not be any difficult), and he actually got thru after getting a NOF from DOL.
By the way, garp, as far as I noticed, your cased was filed under EB3/RIR, the salary requirement should be lower. Did MD SEA require a level 1 salary in their NOF? Or they simply wants a salary with this year's level 2 salary ( I thought we should always be considered with a salary defined in the year we filed our labor).
In my case, a level 1 salary is around $30,000 higher than level 2, but my lawyer said they probably will ask a Level 1 salary because of my degree and educational level.
hope it helps, and I hope you can answer my little questions, too.
Originally posted by garp
Hi All,
SESA replied to my case stating that the salary is lower than prevailing wage. Company replied to SESA indicating that they will raise the wage. I have a couple of questions:
1. Will this suffice in getting SESA to approve case in this instance?
2. Will this create any issues at DOL?
3. How soon will SESA get to the updated case? Will I have to wait for another year?
My case is EB3 RIR.
Please let me know.
Garp