ISSS must be notified in advance and give approval before you receive any promotion while employed at Emory in H-1B status. In your discussions with your department, please inform your supervisor of its obligations to notify ISSS of any anticipated promotion. You and your department will need to do the following:
Your department will need to complete the promotion form and send to ISSS.
ISSS will respond to your department with the required next step, which will either be:
Writing a standard promotional notification letter to ISSS (see promotion form for a template), or
Requesting an H-1B amendment filing if the promotion is not a standard promotion. ISSS will be required to file an amended H-1B petition and this petition must be receipted before you may be promoted to the new position. See amend/extend instructions.