Job offer on hold - Employer won't accept passport temp permanent resident stamp

[Clair.S 5]

Thanks everyone! This is a work from home position, I am currently pregnant so just wanted something where I could earn some money before the baby arrived. I need to call them next week. Ive been told it has been sorted and I need to call them next week as they seem to need to go over my I-9 and some other things. Its a shame, this company is providing staffing to probably one of the biggest companies in the USA and the world.

[Cathi 5,748]

It's illegal for the employer to deny you employment.

Once you have the approved and stamped I-551 in your passport you are eligible for employment.

If this employer does participate in eVerify you can have them verify your employment eligibility.

You can also raise the issue of legality and threaten to sue them... this should get them moving pretty fast!

The Human Resource person at your future employer just doesn't know the law.

Good luck

and threatening to sue them will get him/her the job? Seriously?

[jerod_gavel 16]

My recommendation is to look at another agency and simply notify the local labor department of the complaint. That rectifies both situations amicably without imperiling your future pay check.

[Ian H. 207]

This happens all of the time, unfortunately. My aunt's GC was expired and she had the stamp in her passport good for a year while her naturalization was pending. She needed a job and wasn't hired due to the same thing.

This happens to USC's as well. A USC doesn't have to show a passport for example, they can show a voter registration card or a birth cert, etc. My cousin's wife was denied a job because she was trying to show her SSN and her voter card I think. Both cases clearly illegal.

The instructions on the I-9 are VERY CLEAR. They CANNOT specify which documents they will accept. Therefore, you have every right to file a complaint.

This is exactly why so many employers get away with discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, etc, because people are too afraid to fight for their rights.

I leave people be, my aunt and my cousin's wife, when this happened to them, they didn't want to do anything about it. They neither got the job, nor did they file a complaint and/or sue.

Now you can either wait to receive the GC in the mail, which can take its 3 months sometimes, or you can do something about it. I would go with the latter.

People here are saying that they can fire you for any reason later on, that's not necessarily true, you can sue for what is called workplace retaliation. This is when an employer tries to "get back" at the employee for making a formal complaint. It's not an uncommon practice, but like I said they get away with it because people are too scared to lose their jobs.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/workplace-retaliation-employee-rights-30217.html

In either case would you rather sit around with no job waiting for a job that you may not get or would you rather start working now?. It's up to you. Please remember that immigrants are protected under all federal, state, and local laws. This is due to our 14th amendment clause of equal protection under the law. Whatever you decide to do, I hope it goes well and I wish you luck.

[ryna 132]

I've been a USC all of my life and I've had a new employer tell me that they still needed to see my SS Card after I showed them my US Passport (because it was easier than digging up that decades old SS Card.) I told them they didn't... The fact is many employers get used to the most common combinations of documents that they regularly see and refuse to accept that there are other, legally valid documents which they must accept.

[Caryh 5,206]

I've been a USC all of my life and I've had a new employer tell me that they still needed to see my SS Card after I showed them my US Passport (because it was easier than digging up that decades old SS Card.) I told them they didn't... The fact is many employers get used to the most common combinations of documents that they regularly see and refuse to accept that there are other, legally valid documents which they must accept.

I ran into that when the law required us to first prove our status. The HR was asking for everyone's SS card, I brought my passport as my card had been misplaced for years. When she said that wouldn't work, I pointed out right on the form where a passport was proof. Heck it would be easy to fake an SS card, not so easy to fake a passport.