Immigration Consulate

Question:

Now my questions are: Is there sufficient reason that the consulate could reject my immigration visa application? How many times would they allow you to reappear with new employment letters? Would such blunders made by my employer jeopardise my ENTIRE two-year effort and copious amts of $$$ put into this application?

Answer:

As of today, I've already appeared at my local consulate office thrice to submit the job offer letter from my employer in support of my immigrant visa application.

First time, I was asked to reappear with a revised letter because the consular officer told me my annual wage stated in the letter is too low, compared to the Prevailing Minimum Wage of the state that I'll be working in.

Second time, I got a new letter with a revised (higher) annual wage, but the officer said it still fell short of the PMW. She gave me some approx figures for the PMW and the filing wage in my labor certificate and asked me to reappear again with a new letter from my employer matching at least the filing wage and the number of hours I'll be working per week.

Third time round, I got the letter from my employer stating i. an hourly wage equal to the filing wage ii. a range of the no. working hrs per week and iii. the previously revised annual wage (unchanged, ironically!).

And so the officer asked me to go back again to wait for the consulate's answer. (This is what I've been asked to do in my previous visit and I think they'll probably call me to reject the letter again.)

There are many categories of "immigration visa". Exactly which one are you after, as the responses you get may be different based upon the visa.

It shouldn't matter at all what you'll be paid as long as you can demonstrate that you have or will have sufficient funds. Are you currently in Africa?

Your employer seems to have given you the requested information each time... how does this constitute a blunder?

The OP says he wants "good advice" but fails significantly to give "good information". So... hard to say without knowing what visa he's after.

What I meant by "immigration visa" is "green card", or "permanant residency visa". The details about the filing wage in the Labor Certificate should give you clear enough hints about the class of IV I am after. Anyway, I'm not here to debate this point.

I am not asked to demonstrate my funding condition at all. If yes, I'd be glad to, but no. This has never been a requirement.

For the first two times, they provided an annual wage figure that failed to meet the filing wage in my LC. The third time, the hourly rate times the no of hours worked/yr is does not tally with the quoted annual wage figure. In fact the quoted figure was still the SAME as what they quoted in the second letter. Now what is this then if not blunders?

Now my real concern is how many times would they allow you to reappear with new employment letters? On what grounds can the consulate totally reject an applicant? Any experienced US immigration gurus would like to advise me on these?

Well then, why would you want to work for a company that is so blatantly incompetent?

I wouldn't go that far -- but I don't blame you for applying the "smell test."

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