Curious about USCIS? In this blog post, we'll reveal its full form and explain its crucial role in U.S. immigration. Whether you're an aspiring immigrant or just interested in the process, join us to uncover the gateway to your American dream.
Write a the Full Form of USCIS?
The full form of USCIS is “United States Citizenship and Immigration Services”.
What is USCIS?
USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) recently issued a memorandum on January 8, 2010. This memorandum effectively states that there must be a clear "employee employer relationship" between the petitioner (employer) and the beneficiary (potential visa holder). It simply outlines what an employer must do in order to be deemed to be in compliance with the regulations as well as what documentation must be provided to support the employer's claim about the existence of a legitimate relationship. Will be required to submit.
Some argue that this has effectively "destroyed the job-buying industry". While it is clear that the number of approved visa petitions has declined (or the pace of reaching the full quota has slowed down from normal), it is not clear that this is due to the program being "put on hold." Whether or not this is due to explicit political pressure, or whether it is a long-term consequence of actual economic realities. This memo provides three clear examples of what is and is not a valid "employee employer relationship".
- An accountant working at and away from the workplace
- A fashion model
- A computer software engineer working remotely
In case of Software Engineer, the petitioner (employer) has to essentially accept only (some of) the following in addition to other duties:
- Monitoring the beneficiary at and outside the workplace.
- To maintain such monitoring through calls, reports and visits.
- Having the "authority" to control work on a daily basis, if such control is necessary.
- Provide equipment for work.
- Having the ability to hire, pay, and fire beneficiaries.
- Evaluate work products and conduct progress/performance reviews.
- Claiming them for tax purposes.
- Providing (some types of) employee benefits.
- Use of “Proprietary Information” to perform functions.
- Producing a final product related to a business.
- “Having the ability” to control the method and means by which the work product is accomplished.
It further states that "the common law is flexible" as to how the weighting of these factors should be determined.
Although this memorandum cites legal matters and provides precedents, such memorandum is not law in itself and it could easily be issued in the future by a memorandum/s that change it.