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Labor urges employers to file JVAs early
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Posted on Sep 09 2008
The Department of Labor urged employers yesterday to post their job vacancy announcements early to avoid delays in the processing of work permit applications.
In an interview with Saipan Tribune, Labor Director Barry Hirshbein said employers should submit the JVA at least 30 days before the expiration of a worker’s permit.
“Get your job vacancy online. We don’t want to delay applications only because of late job vacancy announcement,” Hirshbein said.
Late JVAs, he pointed out, take a lot of time on Labor’s part and will also delay the employer’s applications. If employers don’t post a certified job vacancy online, it may result in the denial of their applications.
“We don’t like doing denials for someone not having a job vacancy announcement. We don’t like to have to charge people appeal fees to correct the job vacancy announcement,” Hirshbein said.
He said they want all applications to be complete when these are filed because this would make Labor’s job much easier and make the worker whose application is being renewed more secure.
“Right now, we’re dealing with applications that were submitted three weeks ago. We are current in renewing our applications,” the director said.
Hirshbein said that, as soon as the Labor and Immigration Identification and Documentation System catches up with the Labor Processing Section, they will be issuing permits within a matter of weeks after the applications are filed—if they are complete.
“We don’t like to delay the process,” he stressed.
