EB1C Laws : Its Loop Holes, Exploitation by International IT Service companies and the Interests of US CITIZENS

As per the Law governing EB-1C Visa eligibility:


SERVICE LAW BOOKS MENU \ TITLE 8 OF CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (8 CFR) \ 8 CFR PART 204 -- IMMIGRANT PETITIONS \ § Sec. 204.5 Petitions for employment-based immigrants.

j) Certain multinational executives and managers.

(1) A United States employer may file a petition on Form I-140 for classification of an alien under section 203(b)(1)(C) of the Act as a multi-national executive or manager.

(2) Definitions. As used in this section:

Affiliate means:

(A) One of two subsidiaries both of which are owned and controlled by the same parent or individual; <<< All IT Service companies fit this Criteria >>>

(B) One of two legal entities owned and controlled by the same group of individuals, each individual owning and controlling approximately the same share or proportion of each entity; or

(C) In the case of a partnership that is organized in the United States to provide accounting services, along with managerial and/or consulting services, and markets its accounting services under an internationally recognized name under an agreement with a worldwide coordinating organization that is owned and controlled by the member accounting firms, a partnership (or similar organization) that is organized outside the United States to provide accounting services shall be considered to be an affiliate of t he United States partnership if it markets its accounting services under the same internationally recognized name under the agreement with the worldwide coordinating organization of which the United States partnership is also a member.

 Doing business
means the regular, systematic, and continuous provision of goods and/or services by a firm, corporation, or other entity and does not include the mere presence of an agent or office.

Executive capacity 
means an assignment within an organization in which the employee primarily:

(A) Directs the management of the organization or a major component or function of the organization;

(B) Establishes the goals and policies of the organization, component, or function;

(C) Exercises wide latitude in discretionary decision-making; and

(D) Receives only general supervision or direction from higher level executives, the board of directors, or stockholders of the organization.

<<<< Outsourcing and IT Service Companies Attorneys are abusing Managerial Capacity Loop hole given below>>>>
Managerial capacity 
means an assignment within an organization in which the employee primarily:

(A) Manages the organization, or a department, subdivision, function, or component of the organization;

(B) Supervises and controls the work of other supervisory, professional, or managerial employees, or manages an essential function within the organization, or a department or subdivision of the organization; <<<Being a very lax definition 50% percent of the employees of Service companies Fit this criteria>>>

(C) If another employee or other employees are directly supervised, has the authority to hire and fire or recommend those as well as other personnel actions (such as promotion and leave authorization), or, if no other employee is directly supervised, functions at a senior level within the organizational hierarchy or with respect to the function managed; and

(D) Exercises direction over the day-to-day operations of the activity or function for which the employee has authority. 

 

Multinational
means that the qualifying entity, or its affiliate or subsidiary, conducts business in two or more countries, one of which is the United States.

Subsidiary
means a firm, corporation, or other legal entity of which a parent owns, directly or indirectly, more than half of the entity and controls the entity; or owns, directly or indirectly, half of the entity and controls the entity; or owns, directly or indirectly, 50 percent of a 50-50 joint venture and has equal control and veto power over the entity; or owns, directly or indirectly, less than half of the entity, but in fact controls the entity.

 (3) Initial evidence--

(i) Required evidence. A petition for a multinational executive or manager must be accompanied by a statement from an authorized official of the petitioning United States employer which demonstrates that:

(A) If the alien is outside the United States, in the three years immediately preceding the filing of the petition the alien has been employed outside the United States for at least one year in a managerial or executive capacity by a firm or corporation, or other legal entity, or by an affiliate or subsidiary of such a firm or corporation or other legal entity; or

(B) If the alien is already in the United States working for the same employer or a subsidiary or affiliate of the firm or corporation, or other legal entity by which the alien was employed overseas, in the three years preceding entry as a nonimmigrant, the alien was employed by the entity abroad for at least one year in a managerial or executive capacity;

(C) The prospective employer in the United States is the same employer or a subsidiary or affiliate of the firm or corporation or other legal entity by which the alien was employed overseas; and

(D) The prospective United States employer has been doing business for at least one year.

(ii) Appropriate additional evidence. In appropriate cases, the director may request additional evidence.

(4) Determining managerial or executive capacities.

(i) Supervisors as managers. A first-line supervisor is not considered to be acting in a managerial capacity merely by virtue of his or her supervisory duties unless the employees supervised are professional.

(ii) Staffing levels. If staffing levels are used as a factor in determining whether an individual is acting in a managerial or executive capacity, the reasonable needs of the organization, component, or function, in light of the overall purpose and stage of development of the organization, component, or function, shall be taken into account. An individual shall not be considered to be acting in a managerial or executive capacity merely on the basis of the number of employees that the individual supervises or has supervised or directs or has directed.

 (5) Offer of employment. No labor certification is required for this classification; however, the prospective employer in the United States must furnish a job offer in the form of a statement which indicates that the alien is to be employed in the United States in a managerial or executive



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CONCLUSION:

 Law has been written so loosely that if Anyone has a company in INDIA and an office in the US, Such Company can hire any college Under-Graduate or Associate degree holder in INDIA and let him work there for 3 years, meanwhile promoting as Lead of any Function in INDIA, then bring him to USA (on L-1 or any work Visa) and GET a Green Card in a year or less (without scrutiny or any hurdles of H-1B in EB1C) 

AND BECOME PERMANENT RESIDENT before even first Visa Renewal/extension.

Year over Year Abuse of Eb1C (Source Immigration Statistics Yearbook at dhs.gov )

YEAR	EB1C (Multinational Manager) Green Card visas issued
2011	14,072
2012	13,905
2013	13,849
2014	20,162
2015	27,843
2016	38,921

Question is Does America need to import so many Managers annually, Isn't it another CRIME of displacing Citizens from Jobs Permanently  ?

GATT Agreement of 1994 doesn't talk about Green Card handing over to Employees of WITCHS (Wipro, Infosys, Tata, Cognizant et. al.)