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I'm looking at changing roles at my current job, positions are few and far between right now, especially for the area in which I want to live.

I've been scouring the internal job board, which is just a version of the external board with extra internal information attached, and all the promising jobs seem to have a notice plastered on them that says:

"THIS NOTICE IS BEING FILED AS A RESULT OF THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT ALIEN LABOR CERTIFICATION. ANY PERSON MAY PROVIDE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE BEARING ON THE APPLICATION TO THE REGIONAL CERTIFYING OFFICER OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR."

When I apply for them I never hear anything back.

I don't really know what that notice means, but I am a citizen and really want (and am more than qualified for) the jobs they are posted under.

Those job postings are part of the "labor market test" that is a pre-requisite for applying for an employment based greencard. The intent is to ensure there are no able and willing Americans able to do the job that the immigrant is applying for their green card based on. In practice, they are often set up by immigration lawyers to be mostly a formality, and there is little chance of being offered a job that is advertised as part of it.

In other words, this isn't a real job listing. If the employer wasn't sponsoring the intending immigrant for a green card, it wouldn't exist in the first place.

The employer already intends to hire the immigrant. In fact, the immigrant may already be working for them on an H1-B or other visa. So it's effectively a job listing that is already filled.

So isn't this a very easy lawsuit to prove?

Same in Australia. The jobs are advertised but I never hear anything back. For me it’s not a racial thing as I too am an naturalized immigrant, but it seems the preference for subcontinental “skilled” workers is prioritized.

You should report the company doing this here: https://www.uscis.gov/report-fraud/uscis-tip-form

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