Is job/employment letter required for EB3-Unskilled visa interview?

[Ray9867 0]

I came across a requirement in the checklist for additional documents provided by the US Embassy for immigrant visa interviews that states:
"For employment-based visa applications: Letter from your U.S. employer dated less than one month ago."
 

I'm preparing for my interview for consular processing overseas for I-140 under the EB-3 unskilled worker category. Both my I-140 petition and PERM labor certification are approved. However, I'm concerned about the employer letter requirement. 
 

Currently, my employer does not have any job openings and is not providing a job offer letter. With my interview scheduled in about 25 days, I'm unsure if this letter is mandatory for my visa interview. Can anyone clarify whether the employer letter is essential in this situation, and if there are any alternatives or additional steps I should consider except for starting from scratch?

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

***Moved to Work Visas***

[Boiler 45,749]

This makes very little sense, if your Employer has no job opening how is your Employer your Employer.

 

Their Lawyer should have ensured you have all the documentation needed.

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

I am certainly no authority in this area, but everything I have seen in my limited research says a full-time job offer is required. I don't know how you get around that.

[appleblossom 2,815]

6 hours ago, Rayyan9867 said:

I came across a requirement in the checklist for additional documents provided by the US Embassy for immigrant visa interviews that states:
"For employment-based visa applications: Letter from your U.S. employer dated less than one month ago."
 

I'm preparing for my interview for consular processing overseas for I-140 under the EB-3 unskilled worker category. Both my I-140 petition and PERM labor certification are approved. However, I'm concerned about the employer letter requirement. 
 

Currently, my employer does not have any job openings and is not providing a job offer letter. With my interview scheduled in about 25 days, I'm unsure if this letter is mandatory for my visa interview. Can anyone clarify whether the employer letter is essential in this situation, and if there are any alternatives or additional steps I should consider except for starting from scratch?

 

Yes, a job offer is absolutely required. I don't understand how the I-140 or labour cert have been approved if you don't have a job offer? 

[Boiler 45,749]

What was the job? What is you area of expertise?

[Ray9867 0]

3 hours ago, Boiler said:

This makes very little sense, if your Employer has no job opening how is your Employer your Employer.

 

Their Lawyer should have ensured you have all the documentation needed.

 

We started the process in 2020 and at that time the employer had facility and job opening in the city. That is how everything got approved and the case proceeded. Fast forward to 2024, we have our interview coming up and I asked now for the job offer letter that is, according to the requirement, has to be dated less than one month ago. Now I am getting to know that the employer has closed down the facility and has no job opening in that city and neither the lawyer nor the employer communicated any of this during the whole timeframe. 

 

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

What was the job? What is you area of expertise?

The job is of food service worker

[Ray9867 0]

3 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

I am certainly no authority in this area, but everything I have seen in my limited research says a full-time job offer is required. I don't know how you get around that.

There was a full time job offer that we had which got all the process done and to the interview and now there is no offer since they closed the facility (maybe due to covid not sure) and we had no control over it nor were informed of this when this happened.  

[Boiler 45,749]

Sponsoring someone to immigrate is not cheap, I am very surprised they have take things so lackadaisically. 

[Ray9867 0]

2 hours ago, appleblossom said:

 

Yes, a job offer is absolutely required. I don't understand how the I-140 or labour cert have been approved if you don't have a job offer? 

Yes there was a job offer that got everything done but now the job offer is not there due to the facility closing down without our prior knowledge.

 

Edited August 3 by Ray9867

[Ray9867 0]

11 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Sponsoring someone to immigrate is not cheap, I am very surprised they have take things so lackadaisically. 

Yes, both the lawyer and the employer have taken this very carelessly and now we are on the hot seat. 

[Boiler 45,749]

Well at least you know what the deal is.

[appleblossom 2,815]

48 minutes ago, Ray9867 said:

Yes there was a job offer that got everything done but now the job offer is not there due to the facility closing down without our prior knowledge.

 

 

Then you're no longer eligible for a visa.

[smilingstone 218]

If there is no job, then there is no employer. 

 

Were you not provided with a contract before starting this process? 

[Ray9867 0]

8 hours ago, smilingstone said:

If there is no job, then there is no employer. 

 

Were you not provided with a contract before starting this process? 

Yes, we do have a contract in form that is the PERM form and I-140 approval. Apart from that, they did not provide any other paper.