Immigrant related Frequently Asked Questions 

I am a Computer professional with a Master's degree. My employer is sponsoring me and an application for labor certification has been filed. I have heard that there is a process called RIR. Can I qualify in the same?

RIR is a process called Reduction in Recruitment. This process allows an employer to request that the recruitment efforts he must undertake are reduced, if the employer has attempted to recruit US workers for the position offered before filing the application for the labor certification.

The employer must file a written request for a reduction of recruitment efforts and document his efforts to test the labor market for the last six months. The employer must show that he has made good faith, reasonable efforts to recruit US workers and that these efforts have failed. The employer should provide any information that will support the assertion that any further recruitment would be unsuccessful. The employer must have made the effort at recruitment at the prevailing wage and working conditions of the particular employment opportunity and through the normal channels of recruitment for that occupation.

Documentary evidence may include:
1) evidence that within the immediately preceding six months, the employer has 
    made good faith efforts to recruit US workers for the job opportunity, at least at 
    the prevailing wage and working conditions, through sources normal to the 
    occupation AND
2) information that the employer believes would show that any further recruitment 
    efforts will be unsuccessful