US Staffing Terminology


I797 - H1B visa
I129 - Applied H1B Visa
I797 A - OPT to H1B
I797 B - Migrated from India
I797 C - CAP exempt h1b
EOD - End of Day
COB - Close of Business 
NDA - Non-Disclosure Agreement
MSA - Master Service Agreement
RFE - Request for Evidence
PO/SOW - Purchase Order / State of Work
ATS - Applicant tracking system
FID/TaxID/ W9 Form - Federal ID (company tax ID)

I-9 form - The Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 is a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services form. It is used by an employer to verify an employee's identity and to establish that the worker is eligible to accept employment in the United States

E-Verification - The E-Verify program is a web-based system operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment authorization of newly hired employees.

LCA - Labor condition application (LCA), Form ETA 9035/9035E is a document that a prospective H-1B employer files with ETA when it seeks to employ nonimmigrant workers at a specific job occupation in an area of intended employment for not more than three years.

USCIS - United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It performs many administrative functions formerly carried out by the former United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which was part of the Department of Justice.

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