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Overview
The Special Handling Re-recruitment path to PR is used when the position has teaching duties but there was either no search conducted or the original search didn’t meet the Department of Labor’s criteria. To use this path, a full search for the employee’s position will need to be conducted. The job must be advertised again, the UT employee must be in the pool of applicants, and he/she must receive a new job offer letter. If the current UT employee is the best candidate, then the permanent residency process can continue. It is important to note that the UT employee can only be considered better than the other candidates based on his/her qualifications at the original time of hire with UT. Otherwise, the Department of Labor would argue that a US citizen could be “trained” for the position. If a US citizen or permanent resident applies and is more qualified than the UT employee, then the permanent residency and search processes would stop. The employee would not lose his/her position.
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