Can my company take advantage of the Reduction in Recruitment program even though it is a small, modestly funded company?
YES. RIR is not only available to large companies. Any company may take advantage of this program to facilitate the labor certification process as long as it follows the guidelines of its regional office of the Department of Labor. In some regions (Region I-Massachusetts, NH, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut) a company could have a successful RIR petition with only two advertisements in the Boston Sunday Globe for positions in the nonavailability category (Computer and IT jobs, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Actuaries, Occupational Therapists, Cooks, Specialty Cooks, Bakers, Live-In Domestics, and Special Handling professions.
