H-1B

Thank you for utilizing the CIR Legal Services (CIRLS) online H-1B Questionnaire and document list.  If you have not been instructed by CIRLS to utilize this site, DO NOT PROCEED.  Instead, call CIRLS at (212) 356-8195.  You would have been instructed by CIRLS to utilize this site if:

1. You called CIRLS to request representation on an extension of your H-1B status.

2. You do not have H-4 dependents.

3. You were told by CIRLS that your extension would be covered by the CIRLS Plan.

4. You were told that a CIRLS in-house attorney would be assigned to your case.

If all of the above apply, please read the section below entitled Documents for H-1B Extension. Then proceed to the bottom of the page and click on H-1B Questionnaire. This questionnaire is designed to be filled out online and then submitted to CIRLS for review.

Below is a list of documents and checks that CIRLS needs in order to begin work on your extension of H-1B status. Once you have gathered these, please call CIRLS at (212) 356-8195, or send an e-mail to proldan@cirseiu.org to schedule an appointment to meet with one of our attorneys.

If you are available to come to CIRLS to meet with an attorney, please bring your documents and checks with you to the meeting.

If you are not available to meet with an attorney in person and prefer to schedule a telephone interview, please do one of the following:

• Email your documents to the e-mail address above
• Fax them to (212) 504-3057, attn: Priscilla Roldan, Legal Department Secretary
• Send them by mail to: CIR Legal Services, 520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1200, New York, NY 10018, attn: Priscilla Roldan.

1. Passport pages that contain text, stamps, visas or photographs, including the outside cover page of the passport. If you are coming to CIRLS for an in-house interview, bring your original passport for photocopying. If not, copy the pages delineated above.

2. I-94 card with most recent date of entry to the U.S.

3. Your ECFMG certification

4. Your M.D. diploma and, if it is not in English, a notarized translation

5. If you received a diploma from a U.S. institution of higher learning, please provide a copy

6. Your USMLE Step 1, 2 and 3 result pages

7. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services applications and petitions, approvals, denials and other correspondence. In particular, please include all prior H-1B approval notices [Form I-797s], work authorizations, proof of F-1, J-1, J-2 and H-4 status

8. A copy of the last H-1B petition (Form I-129) submitted on your behalf

9. Your hospital employment letter/contract for the '07 to '08 residency year (please DO NOT DELAY YOUR INTERVIEW BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE THIS DOCUMENT. If necessary, you can provide it at a later date)

10. 3 recent pay stubs

11. The H-1B filing fee of $320 made payable to the "USCIS" in either a check or money order. Please Note: A third party check or money order is required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The third party check can be from a friend, colleague or family member, so long as the family member is not an H-4 dependent. This is a U.S. Department of Labor requirement. Feel free to contact CIR Legal Services with any questions regarding this, and

12. A $20 check to cover express mailing costs for your case. This check can come from your account. If you are a resident physician at a New York City Health and Hospital's Corporation (NYC-HHC) facility or Westchester Medical Center, your check should be made payable to "HSBP." If you are a resident physician at any other hospital, make your check payable to "VHHSBP."