| Please note the following notification requirements from the Office of Foreign Faculty and Scholars: due to current processing times at both the state and federal governments, OFFS must require at least four months advance notice for all new, incoming H-1B1 visas. Your timely notification allows OFFS to comply with all government requirements to assure visa approvals and takes into consideration the length of government processing delays. If the government's premium processing service is requested, please allow at least eight weeks of advance notice to OFFS. In cases involving portability (in which an employee working elsewhere on an H-1B1 visa will be moving to Case Western Reserve University ), please allow at least six weeks advance notice to OFFS. This does not apply to the J-1 exchange visitor program. |