The disparity in Basic Skills in JD and skills in Skill Set Letter

[wellbeing22]

I am in H1B and my employer has filed the PERM 1st stage (wage request) for me.




The problem is I am not able to get just one skill in the skill set letter from my previous employer. And in the Job description, it has been written. E.g. if the job role is Architect, Job description shows 8+ experience in architect and attorney wrote it as a skill. I am not able to get it in my skill certificate from my previous employer. Apart from this all skills in job description match with skillset letter from my previous employer.




Will this be a problem? If yes, how to correct it?




I am literally breaking my head to find out what will be the consequences. Please help me out

[Visa.Seeker]

USCIS adjudicators have been known to be very diligent while cross checking documents. They will definitely cross check your Job description with your experience. If they do not find the necessary key words matching, they might see that as an issue.

If you are not able to get an updated experience letter from your previous employer, Can you ask your current employer to edit the job description to massage it a little bit to align with your skillset letter from your previous employer? The job description that your attorney will publish as part of the PERM process needs to match your skill set. This job description will then used for advertising as mandated by USCIS before filing PERM for an alien(you).

[wellbeing22]

Thanks for your response. To be precise about my case,

In the Required Experience section, Attorney wrote: "Requires a Degree and 8 years of experience as an Architect". In the Skills section, there are 5 points which he wrote. Now in my skill set letter, I have all the 5 points covered exactly as mentioned in the skills of the Job Description. For the required experience section where he wrote "8 years of experience as an Architect", I don't have it in my skill set letter from the previous employer. But in my skill set letter, the time frame has been mentioned which shows 9 years, not as an Architect though. My employer will not write any role (they will only write my last designation) in skillset letter.

Please share your thoughts!

[Visa.Seeker]

Thanks for your response. To be precise about my case,

In the Required Experience section, Attorney wrote: "Requires a Degree and 8 years of experience as an Architect". In the Skills section, there are 5 points which he wrote. Now in my skill set letter, I have all the 5 points covered exactly as mentioned in the skills of the Job Description. For the required experience section where he wrote "8 years of experience as an Architect", I don't have it in my skill set letter from the previous employer. But in my skill set letter, the time frame has been mentioned which shows 9 years, not as an Architect though. My employer will not write any role (they will only write my last designation) in skillset letter.

Please share your thoughts!

The adjudicators will definitely look to ascertain that you really have "8 years of experience as an Architect". I think there is a definite risk of audit otherwise. I think the easiest way to match up everything at this point is to edit the job description a little bit to align with your skills letter. Something like "8 years of experience as an Architect or equivalent blah position" or "8 years of experience as an Architect or X years working with blah technology", somehow make it align with your existing documentation. You and your employer may know that you have the relevant skills and experience, but as I said the adjudicators just go by the paper work, and it needs to be in tip-top shape.

Just my 2 cents. Validate with an attorney.

[wellbeing22]

The adjudicators will definitely look to ascertain that you really have "8 years of experience as an Architect". I think there is a definite risk of audit otherwise. I think the easiest way to match up everything at this point is to edit the job description a little bit to align with your skills letter. Something like "8 years of experience as an Architect or equivalent blah position" or "8 years of experience as an Architect or X years working with blah technology", somehow make it align with your existing documentation. You and your employer may know that you have the relevant skills and experience, but as I said the adjudicators just go by the paperwork, and it needs to be in tip-top shape.

Just my 2 cents. Validate with an attorney.

Thanks for your advice on this. I will try to check with my attorney to modify the job description.