Tocci, Goss & Lee is a Human Resource law firm providing a full array of services to regional, national, and international concerns in both immigration and employment law. Our employment group counsels and represents employers in all aspects of compliance and litigation. Our immigration law practice assists America’s best businesses recruit and retain the most talented foreign professionals and skilled workers. The immigration group also represents families seeking to immigrate to the United States.

04 August 2009

USCIS Site Visits to H-1B Employers August 3, 2009 – Employers have recently reported to the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association (AILA), that CIS has secured contractor investigators to conduct thousands of site visits to H-1B petitioners (employers). It appears that such visits are occurring after the H-1B petition approval and employers are randomly selected for unannounced audits.  The general nature of the audits appears to include: verification of the employee, verification of employer’s business, and compliance with H-1B conditions as stated on the Labor Condition Application and Form I-129.  Given the prevalence of site investigations, we are reminding H-1B employers to properly conduct annual audits of their H-1B public disclosure files. Regular maintenance of these files is also critical in this climate. We also ask that clients contact us immediately upon the receipt of a call or site visit from a CIS investigator. It is best to work with the investigator to arrange an appointment for an inspection and document review.