Permanent Residence for a Temporarily Employed Foreign Faculty Member

Human Resources – Compliance & Immigration Services PERMANENT RESIDENCY PACKET FOR TEACHING FACULTY, AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TENURED OR TENURE-TRACK TEACHER, OR AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RESEARCHER IN A PERMANENT POSITION1 THIS PACKET CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING FORMS: o Department request for Permanent Residency Filing o HR-CIS Service Fee Sheet o Department Questionnaire o Employee Information o Employee Checklist The Department is responsible for completing all “Department” forms and providing the required supporting documents. The Employee is responsible for completing all “Employee” forms and providing the relevant supporting documents. Answer all questions, even if the answer is “N/A or None”. Only HR-CIS has the authority to siGn U.S. Permanent Residency immigration documents on behalf of the University. Any requests by outside counsel for department signatures on immigration forms should be immediately forwarded to HR-CIS. Please note that an individual should maintain their non-immigrant H1b visa until the individual obtains Permanent Residency. The entire Permanent Residency packet must be completed and signed by the Dean’s Office and forwarded to HR-CIS. If you have any questions about the forms or the checklists, please contact: Compliance & Immigration Services 914 Emmet Street – Michie South P.O. Box 400127 Ph: 434-243-2031 Email: [email protected] Glossary of Abbreviation: DHS: Department of Homeland Security USCIS: United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (a bureau of DHS) HR-CIS: Compliance & Immigration Services (a division of UVA Human Resources) 1 Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Research Associate positions are not considered permanent and are not eligible for sponsorship by the University. DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR PERMANENT RESIDENT FILING Name of department/school: _________________________________________ Name of employee: _________________________________________ DEPARTMENT CERTIFICATION The department/school certifies the following: 1. The department/school and the Foreign National (Employee) are not undertaking this filing solely to obtain permanent residence for a temporarily employed foreign faculty member. Rather, the department/school and the Foreign National intend that the faculty member will remain indefinitely employed with the University of Virginia. 2. The department/school and the Foreign National (Employee) will work closely with Compliance & Immigration Services to assemble all the required documentation necessary for successful conclusion of the permanent residence process. 3. The department/school will pay all HR-CIS processing fees and a clear, mutual agreement has been reached between the Department/school and Foreign National as to the payment of USCIS filing fees. Supervisor: __________________________________________________________________________ Printed Name Signature Date AUTHORIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT I HEREBY AUTHORIZE AND FULLY SUPPORT THE APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE ON BEHALF OF _______________________________________________. Department contact: _______________________________________________________________________ Printed Name Signature Date HR-CIS SERVICE FEE SHEET – PERMANENT RESIDENCE Only put on the fees that will be charged to the PTAEO. No personal checKs accepted 2 Employee Name: ________________________________________________________________ Department Name: _________________________________________________________________ Dept. Contact Name/Number: _________________________________________________________________ Dept. P.O. Box: ________________________________________________________________ Type of Filing: ________________________________________________________________ HR-CIS Processing Fee (I-140/PERM) $___$2,750.00___________________________________________________ HR-CIS Expedited Service Fee: $____$800 (Optional) ______________________________________________ USCIS I-140 Fee: $____$2,110.00____________________________________________________ TOTAL FEES DUE: $_______________________________________________________________ PTARO TO BE CHARGED: ________________________________________________________________ Supervisor Name, Signature & Date: ________________________________________________________________ Chair Name, Signature & Date: ________________________________________________________________ 3 FILING FEE STRUCTURES EMPLOYMENT BASED PERMANENT RESIDENCE FILING FEES SERVICE USCIS/DOL FILING FEE(S) HR-CIS PROCESSING FEE PERM N/A $2,750.00 I-140 $2,110 N/A TOTAL FEES FOR PERM: $2,750 + $2,110 = $4,860.00 *Please add $800.00 HRCIS expedited fee for urgent cases* 4 DEPARTMENT QUESTIONNAIRE Contact name, number & Email Employee name Job title (employee) Academic deGree required for position Brief, non-technical description of duties Work site address & P.O. Box number Annual Salary or Hourly WaGe rate Was employee provided a written offer of employment? If “Yes”, on what date was the offer letter written Is this a teaching position 5 EMPLOYEE INFORMATION – PERMANENT RESIDENCE Name Home address & Phone number All other names used Email address Date of birth Country of birth Country of citizenship City/province of birth Social security number ‘A’ number (if any) Passport number Passport issue number Passport Expiration date Date of Last Arrival in USA (mm/dd/yyyy) Current Visa status ForeiGn address Exact dates of employment at each position (including current position) use mm/dd/yyyy format Are you currently in Removal ProceedinGs? Employee Signature: ______________________________________________ Date: _______________________ 6 EMPLOYEE CHECKLIST Documents to attach _____ Curriculum Vitae _____ Passport ID page with dates of any extensions (color preferred & w/enlarged copy) _____ Evidence of current status and any other status held (i.e. H-1B; H-4; O-1; I-20 for F-1 status; EAD (work authorization); DS-2019 for J-1 status; J-1 Waiver of 212E (home residency requirement issued by DOS and USCIS)); other USCIS notifications (i.e. approved/denied green card petitions) _____ I-94 (front/back, color preferred & w/enlarged copy) _____ VISA (front/back, color preferred & w/enlarged copy) _____ Country/National identification card (front/back, color preferred & w/enlarged copy) – if available _____ Degree/Equivalency 7 .

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