Labor Certification

The University of Arkansas files Labor Certification applications for employment requiring workers to hold advance degrees or workers with exceptional ability. (EB2)  The position must be full time and permanent, that is, having no foreseeable end to the employment.

Labor Certification is the process to show that there are no U.S. workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available to accept a particular position; and employing a foreign worker in the given occupation will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of U.S. workers employed in that occupation.  This process is called Standard Recruitment.

If the position involves teaching in a classroom setting, the University of Arkansas is able to file a Labor Certification with a different standard.  The standard of evaluating U.S. applicants is whether the foreign worker was found to be more qualified than any of the U.S. workers who applied for the job.  This option allows the University of Arkansas to use the results of its own competitive recruitment procedure that resulted in the selection of the foreign worker, provided the application is filed no later than 18 months after the foreign worker was selected.   This process is called Special Handling Labor Certification.