Permanent Residency The University of Idaho follows an established policy for employment-based permanent residence sponsorship for qualifying foreign employees on faculty teaching and research positions. This policy was established on June 1, 2008 by the University with the approval of the UI’s Legal Counsel’s Office.
The UI and ISSFS are unable to provide legal services to process Legal Permanent Residency (LPR) applications. UI International faculty and staff who intend to apply for LPR will need to obtain an outside attorney and may need to pay all or some of the legal and processing fees, depending upon the type of application filed.
All employment-based permanent resident applications must be petitioned by an immigration attorney that has been properly approved by the UI Legal Counsel’s office to represent the UI as the attorney of record. ISSFS has a list of currently
approved attorneys. ISSFS serves as a liaison for all labor-certification-based applications, between the attorney of record, UI Legal Counsel, the department and Human Resources. ISSFS maintains records for these processes and a
routing process has been established.
Fees If the employee intends to file for a labor-certification-based LPR, then UI is required by federal law to pay for the labor certification portion of the petition for the employee. This fee is dependent upon what the approved attorney charges for the labor certification portion of their fees, which varies by attorney. Since the department is paying for this fee, they also have a choice in which attorney they will approve to process the labor-certified LPR. If the employee is applying for LPR that is not based upon labor certification, the employer is not required to pay any fees.
Dependents Dependents of the employee are the responsibility of the employee, not the employer. Therefore, the employee will be required to pay all fees associated with dependents applying for LPR.
For more information on Employment-Based Legal Permanent Residency see: *This additional information regarding employment-based permanent residency has been provided by Steve Springer, an immigration attorney for David Ware & Associates. He has authorized his information to be posted on our Web site. While we are using Mr. Springer’s information, we are not recommending that you utilize his legal services for your Legal Permanent Residency petition. We are simply posting information that may be of interest to you. Mr. Springer also comes to the UI campus every year to present free informational immigration sessions.
