General Request Process

Departments are responsible for initiating all H-1B requests, not the H-1B employee. For all requests, begin at least 8 months prior to the requested start date. The steps outlined below explain the process you must undertake in submitting a successful H-1B request.

Step 1: Request a Labor Conditions Application (LCA) from Human Resources. The Department of Labor takes at least 2 to 3 months to process LCAs, so begin this process immediately.

Step 2:  Supervising faculty member must complete the Deemed Export Control Attestations.

Step 3: Begin gathering documentation from your department and the employee.

Step 4: Fill out and submit the ISSS Link request.

Step 5:  Submit the signature page and checks for the filing fees to ISSS (North Decatur Building, Suite 130). All supporting documentation will now be submitted electronically through the ISSS Link request. If everything is ready to submit but the certified Labor Condition Application, please submit the request to ISSS for review so that the petition is ready to file when the LCA is certified.