Despite several months of communication, verification and validation of all my documents Microsoft’s immigration team (finally) filed by LCA but with incorrect job title ( different from what’s mentioned in the MS Offer Letter ) and down levelled my DOL wage level from 4 to 3 (for the SOC in NYC) despite my base ( > 170k ) mentioned in offer letter being in the level 4 category ! They mentioned the correct base but checked the wage level as 3 instead of 4. Reference for wage level :- https://flcdatacenter.com/OesQuickResults.aspx?code=15-1132&area=35620&year=20&source=1 They shared a copy of the LCA only after they filed my I-129 for H1B consular processing in premium. I’ve emailed them twice already and they don’t seem to care much about it 😒 I’m really worries the case will get and RFE or will get denied 😟 or that once I go for the visa stamping I moght get a 221g or even rejection 😭 TC - 150k
What's LCA? Lowest Common Ancestor question from Leetcode?
Click on this :- https://lmgtfy.com/?q=lca+us+immigration
Good job OP. Slap on the trolls.
Wage level is dependent on your level at Microsoft, not your salary
That’s incorrect the DOL wage level has got nothing to do with a firm internal titles/level ... it’s dependent on the soc code your job falls under and the location it’s in
I was L61 when moved to Msft from another company. My base is 20k more than wage level 4 for 15-1132 Soc code, but my lca was filed with wage level 2. This is what I saw in my previous company as well where my salary was significantly higher than my posted wage level
Microsoft determine your wage level as per DOL and that will also be the title in LCA. In Microsoft different org/ team have different title for same work. For immigration interview use what is provided in LCA.
DOL clearly states brackets for each wage level ( not titles ) ... and Microsoft did mention my exact base salary ( which is > 170k ) on the LCA but close level 3 instead of 4 ... it’s not rocket science
Dude you can decide on whatever logic you think is right. We are merely stating what we observed!
Do you have a computer science degree ? If you have nothing to worry about. If you don’t have still nothing to worry about. Because wage level 3 is seen as expertise in particular field by USCIS
But then wouldn’t wage level 4 make my petition more favorable by the same logic ?
Either a computer science degree or wage level 2 should suffice
Level 4 is generally for executive level, director, VP, CVP, distinguished engineer etc .. you are well above level 3 wage limit as per DOL
Apparently OP believes wage level in LCA is based on salary
Executives and directors have a different SOC code that’s their LCA is filled in .... it isn’t filed under the “software developers,applications” code ... because their job duties can’t be justified against that code ....
Chill out 🍹
Have you had to deal with US immigration of late ?
Yes and there are a number of variables out of your hand. So chill out 🍹
I would be more concerned about the job title. It should match the offer letter and the work responsibilities which you will be performing. It happened to me with Walmart and my visa was approved but I didn’t join them for the same that you are having. I consulted attorney since Walmart denied to file amendments or do corrections. You can pm me.
Which law firm filed it. Is it Fragomen, Walmart uses Fragomen
Nope .... Microsoft has an internal legal them ... but I don’t think they’re all in the US cause they usually reply to emails in early am hours as per ET.
They once sent me somebody else’s immigration papers to sign lol
What happen if you sign
Seriously ? Omg ... what happened then ?