Pre-PERM BALCA decision set standards for when a combination of duties is legitimate for labor certification purposes.

Matter of Loma Linda Foods (BALCA)BALCA 89 INA 289 (November 26, 1991) From BALCA En Banc Decision Summaries Good faith efforts to recruit "In legal parlance, an employer who makes timely contact is acting in good faith. However, it is

INS letter from J. Bednarz to D. Swaim discussing OPT issuesExcerpts from the March April 1993 correspondence between Jackie Bednarz, Chief, Nonimmigrant Branch, Adjudications, INS (HQ 214.f C, April 5, 1993) and attorney David Swaim, concerning various optional practical training.

INS headquarters memo instructed ports of entry that an alien should be admitted for the full period of validity of the H-1B petition, and that the expiration date recorded on Form I-94 should match the expiration date on the I-797 notice of approval of the H-1B petition, unless the period of

Hathaway Children's Services91 INA 388 (February 4, 1994) BALCA held in this case that in identifying the pool of workers to include in a prevailing wage survey, the nature of the employer is not a relevant factor in making prevailing wage determinations.

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Matter of Francis Kellogg

INS notice of employment authorization for certain F 1 Nonimmigrant Students whose means of financial support comes from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, or ThailandA June 10, 1998 Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) notice announces the suspension of applicability of

DOL LCA Interim Final Rule titled Labor Condition Applications and Requirements for Employers Using Nonimmigrants on H-1B Visas in Specialty Occupations and as Fashion Models; Labor Certification Process for Permanent Employment of Aliens in the United States.

INS memo on adjudication of H 1B petitions where lack of SSN is only reason for not having licenseThis INS memo authorizes H 1B adjudicators to approve H 1B petitions for one year only, when the only reason the beneficiary