What are the procedures for obtaining a green card or permanent residency?
If an employing department and an international faculty member are interested in keeping the option open for employment beyond the 6 years available with H-1B status, Labor Certification (which is the most common first step in the Permanent Residency or Green Card process for faculty) must be filed within 18 months of the job offer. The most common method of gaining Permanent Residency for faculty at Illinois State generally consists of 3 steps. Individuals must contact an immigration lawyer to work with the Human Resources Office and their employing department at Illinois State on completing the steps. • Labor Certification – must be completed within 18 months of the job offer in order to be able to have the option of moving on to Step 2. This is done with the U.S. Dept. of Labor. • If the hiring department decides they want to employ the international faculty member beyond the 6 years they have on their H-1B, they must work with the individual’s lawyer in doing paperwork with Immigra
