Immigrant Petition: Employee Identification

As a senior at Red Cloud High School, I’m a member of National Honor Society, captain of the cheer squad, lifeguard, swimming instructor, and part-time employee at the local grocery store. I’ve come to learn from a young age that money doesn’t grow on trees. When growing up, it was just my mother and I. While living on her single parent income, I learned money doesn’t grow on trees. My mother worked a minimum wage job, facing financial struggles at times. Her willpower drove her to get the job she has today. My mother married, and I have a little brother now. As his big sister, I always wanted to be someone he could look up to. At the age of fifteen I became a lifeguard at the community pool. The next year I took classes to be a certified Water Safety Instructor, so I could teach swimming lessons to local children. That same year I applied at the local grocery store, to have a job during the school year.

Studying to be a physician requires lots of effort and time. To an immigrant like me, I tried to manage my studies, volunteer work, and adjusting to a new culture at the same time. I like to stick with my plans, and it has always been my plan to enter medical school on 2018. However, my road to entering medical school didn’t come as easy to me. After transferring to University, two of my close family passed away.

From an early childhood, I was able to learn the values of hard work, discipline, humility, and determination. I learned this from my parents who would work in the hot sun slaving away in the orchards. Every night I would watch them come home from work exhausted. Their checkered shirts and ripped denim jeans drenched in pesticide chemicals. Their fingers would be chapped and their faces burnt from the long day in the sun. When I turned nine, I finally got to see the realities and the difficulty of field labor.

In current America, the American government requires immigrants to go through the naturalization process in order to become a legal US citizen, but there are many restrictions and requirements in order to go through the naturalization process. The immigrant must be at least 18 years of age, a permanent resident of the United States, and must have been a physical resident for at least 5 years, according to FindLaw. According to Teaching Tolerance, immigrants who entered the US from the years 1790 to 1924 would not be allowed in America today. In order to even enter the United States, immigrants mst obtain a visa. According to the US Department of of State, “To be eligible to apply for an immigrant visa, a foreign citizen must be sponsored by a U.S. citizen relative, U.S. lawful permanent resident, or a prospective employer, with a few exceptions, explained below. The sponsor begins the immigration process by filing a petition on the foreign citizen’s behalf with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

Through interviewing my roommate Linda Wang, I have gotten the opportunity of hearing a first-hand account of what it is like being a young immigrant living in the United States. At the age of eight, Linda, along with her father, mother, and aunt, emigrated to America. Linda’s family currently resides in Bayside, Queens and she is a student-athlete on the St. John’s women’s golf team. Linda was kind enough to share her immigration story with me so that I may use it as a manifestation of what life as an immigrant, and the immigration process itself, entails.

resident do not have enough years of documented work to qualify for eligibility. And this

“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” (-Mark Twain) Being a child of immigrant parents who move to American can be hard. There is a lingering feeling of not feeling like a child belongs. They are stuck in the invisible world between where their parents came from, in this specific case, Asia and where the child lives now. It can be difficult to be raised as an Asian American and learning both culture and traditions. Many Asian American kids end up deviating from the Asian culture and embracing the American culture. However, children of immigrants should embrace their own culture in order to keep traditions alive and be proud of who they are.

When I was young my grandmother taught me to always help others. Even those who may be mean or undeserving of it. There were many stereotypes and jokes made about me but she still wanted us to always help others. I learned to go with the flow and let it go. This lesson and the value in helping others helped me especially in high school. During my junior year in high school I began to take an interest in a program call Opportunities in Emergency Care. That year I was certified as a first aid provider and in CPR. As a senior I continued my education in this field. I am now a certified Emergency Medical Responder and I will be a certified Emergency Medical Technician. I have had many occasions to apply the knowledge and skills I gained, by working

Lawful Permanent Residence is anyone who maintains CPR status can obtain lawful permanent residence or a green card by satisfying one of these requirements higher education, military service and they must complete at least two years and for the military have an honorable discharge. Lastly work to demonstrate over a total of three years. (Dream Act…Policies,2017). The last and finally step is Naturalization in which they can now obtain their citizenship.

As an immigrant in a new country, you will have to adjust in a lot of things. There's culture, the people, the weather and even their way of life. Adapting is a hard process especially if you are unaware of the necessary changes you will have to make. However, the transition process can be easier with the help of an immigration lawyer.

We follow “Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986” hiring employees. We hire only people who have rights to work in the U.S. legally such as the U.S. citizens, nationals, or aliens authorized to work in the U.S. We must confirm whether employees have rights to be hired in the U.S. We would complete the Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) hiring them and we are required to keep the file at least three years. They also should keep it one year after retiring. Employees are checked their work statu on their passports, social security cards, or birth certificates.

Be eligible for one of the immigrant categories established in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

and any of its employees. 2.2 Immigration Law Compliance Mark Gasparini, DPM, P.C. is committed to employing only United States citizens and aliens who are authorized to work in the United States. In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, as amended, each new employee, as a condition of employment, must complete the Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 and present documentation establishing identity and employment eligibility. Former employees who are rehired must also complete the form if they have not completed an I-9 with Mark Gasparini, DPM, P.C. within the past three years, or if their previous I-9 is no longer retained or valid. Mark Gasparini, DPM, P.C. may participate in the federal government's electronic employment verification system, known as “E-Verify.” Pursuant to E-Verify, Mark Gasparini, DPM, P.C. provides the Social Security Administration, and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. 2.3 Equal Employment Opportunity Mark Gasparini, DPM,

The EB-2 Immigrant Visa is for professionals with advanced degrees and persons with exceptional ability in the fields of science, art, or business and usually requires a job offer and labor certification issued by the Department of Labor. One may waive the job offer requirement, including the labor certification, if it is in the “national interest.” There is no set definition for “national interest” by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), but it relies on a 1998 Administrative Appeals Office precedent, Matter of New York State Department of Transportation, 22 I&N Dec. 21 (Comm’r 1998), that established a three-prong test. The three requirements are outlined

Thank very much for the offer letter. Now I have to go to Immigration Office and I would like to show a letter or support describing that the program was not available in the last moment for this semester. Just as I got an extension visa from immigration, I believe that is very important to do that, also, it would help to prevent any issues when I came back asking for a new visa the next semester and I would leave the country on good terms.