DOCUMENT CHECKLIST
A. Academic Evaluation
- Copies of Degree/Diploma Certificates, Transcripts, Postgraduate Degree/s.
- Certified English Translations if academic documents are in a foreign language.
B. Work Experience Evaluation
- Experience letters from current and previous employers, specifying periods of employment, job titles
held, and job duties performed. - Detailed employer-based resume specifying job titles held, names of employers, duration of
employment(month/year), and job duties performed.
C. Academic & Work Experience Evaluation
- Documentation listed under A & B.
D. Specialty Occupation Expert Opinion
- Petitioner's Support Letter.
- RFE, if any.
- Labor Condition Application (LCA) for the position.
- Detailed job duties the beneficiary will be performing in the proffered position.
- Academic documents of the beneficiary.
E. Specialty Occupation Expert Opinion with Academic Evaluation
- Documentation listed under sections A & D.
F. Specialty Occupation Expert Opinion with Academic & Work Experience Evaluation
- Documentation listed under sections A, B, & D.
G. Expert Opinion for Curricular Practical Training (CPT) RFEs
- RFE, if any.
- Transcripts of the academic program & the Diploma if the course has already been completed.
- Description of the coursework & official university website link listing the course details.
- Job duties of the position the beneficiary performed as part of CPT.
- A brief note on the CPT employer.
H. Expert Opinion for Alternate Wage Survey Analysis
- RFE, if any.
- Alternate Wage Survey details of the position.
- Petitioner Support Letter.
- Job Duties for the position.
I. Expert Opinion for E-2 Treaty Employee
- The employer support letter describing the job duties of the present position.
- If Supervisory role, details of personnel being supervised
- If Special Skills, explain how essential the function is.
- Employment verification letters of the beneficiary.
- Academic Documents of the beneficiary.
- Updated Resume.
J. PERM Business Necessity
- PERM Audit Notice.
- A copy of the Application for Permanent Employment Certification.
- Expanded list of job duties .
- Information of the Petitioning Company.
- Education Documents.
K. Specialized Knowledge Letter (For L-1B)
- RFE, if any.
- Employer support letters from the U.S & foreign entities.
- Brief note on the affiliate relationship between the U.S & foreign entities.
- Expanded list of the job duties of the position in the U.S & in the foreign entity.
- Organizational charts showing the candidate's corporate hierarchy standing in the U.S & foreign entity.
- Educational documents of the beneficiary.
- Any internal training records the candidate has with the company.
- Information on the proprietary/specialized knowledge beneficiary gained at the foreign entity.
- Updated Resume.
L. Extra Ordinary Ability Letter (For O1/EB-1A)
- The employer's support letter describing which of atleast three evidentiary criteria the candidate
fulfills. - Any pertinent exhibits that support the claims of the letter regarding the candidate's Extraordinary Ability.
M. Managerial/Executive Capacity Letter (For L-1A/ EB-1C) - Documentation listed under Section K.
- Names, designations, education & job duties of the personnel managed by the beneficiary in the U.S &
the foreign entity.
N. EB-2 NIW Expert Opinion
- Professional Plan/Business Plan Document.
- All documents related to training.
- Employment letters for Advanced degree discussion; if 'Exceptional Ability', information on the 3
minimum USCIS criteria that the beneficiary seeks to fulfill and all supporting documents backing the
claims. - Education Documents.
- Letters of Recommendation.
- Other Supporting Documents.