AC21 Employment Verification Letters

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Many applicants wonder what the CIS will request, should they ask for proof that the applicant remains in the same or similar occupational classification. The following is the "boilerplate" CIS request made in such cases:

"A review of the record indicates you have changed permanent employers and/or are claiming eligibility under the visa portability provisions of section l06(c) of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act (AC21), Public Law l06-313. This legislation permits certain applicants for adjustment of status to change employers without filing a new immigrant visa petition, provided they are:

The beneficiary of an immigrant petition approved under section 204(a)(l)(F) of the Act (previously designated as 204(a)(1)(D)), and

The application for adjus1tment has been pending for more than 180 days, and
The new permanent position is in the same or similar occupational classification.

In order to determine your eligibility, please submit a letter from your new prospective permanent employer describing your employment.

This letter must include: an offer of permanent employment, your job title, the specific duties of the position,

the position 's educational. and/or training requirements,. the. date you first began employment~ and the wage/salary paid. This letter must be Issued by an officer or executive III the organization who IS authorized to confirm a job offer."