"TP" wrote in message
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> I am in the software field and my employer filed for my labor
> certification in Oct 2003. I have a few questions about the process.
>
> We put an ad in a local newspaper and then on a career website and got
> only 9 resposes which were nowhere close to what the company wanted.
> Is that suspicious to the ins?
That would be the DOL. And no, in itself it's not suspicious.
we really went according to the process
> as described by the lawyer. we are in a small city south in us so the
> responses were not much. just concerned that we got just 10 responses.
> is this a bad thing?
No. As long as everything was done properly, it's good. It means the
employer did a labor market test and there was nobody qualified and
available for the position.
> Also it has been 5 months since and we have not heard anything from
> INS. Is this good news/bad news?
That would be the state employment agency, or SWA. There should have been
an initial notification of receipt. After that, you could be waiting for
months or years. See http://ows.doleta.gov/foreign/times.asp.
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