The Immigration Compliance Services (ICS) unit supports UF hiring departments seeking to obtain employment authorizations for UF international employees, ensuring hiring and retainment efforts remain in compliance with appropriate employment and immigration laws.
This webpage is designed to provide information to departments and college administrators processing the successful on-boarding of current and potential employees with a UF sponsored visa.
For information related to F or J visas, please visit the UF International Center.
Future or Current Employees
The below links provide a list of things to consider prior to and during the hiring process of an international employee. Topics on this page include current visa status, hiring dates, petition timelines, prevailing wage, and travel requirements.
Considerations When Hiring an International Employee International Hiring Process
Click on the links below to explore the various visa types sponsored by the University of Florida.
H-1B – Temporary Worker
TN – Canadian & Mexican Professional Workers
O-1 – Individuals with Extraordinary Ability
E-3 – Australian Specialty Occupation
Employment Based Permanent Residency
The University of Florida has retained the law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP (“Fragomen”) to handle the university’s immigrant and non-immigrant visa petitions. Fragomen is the largest firm in the United States exclusively dedicated to immigration law, with 30 offices worldwide, including over 150 U.S. immigration attorneys and over 700 support staff.
In conjunction with the ICS unit, the Fragomen team will advise, prepare and file non-immigrant and immigrant employment-based cases on behalf of the University of Florida. To initiate the process on behalf of the employees, please click the link below.
If you do not have a login and password, please contact ICS at ics@hr.ufl.edu
All documents not in English must be accompanied by a certified English translation
ACADEMIC CREDENTIAL EVALUATION (ACE) – An academic credential evaluation is obtained from an organization which evaluates the foreign education and its equivalency to the education of a U.S. degree.
OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT LETTER Specific information related to the employment of international employees must appear in their respective offer of employment letters. When preparing your offer of employment letter please use the information provided in the link below.
Start Your Case Here
Department responsibilities and termination policies.
Collected forms, instruction guides, and recorded presentations relevant to ICS employment processes and guidelines.
Labor Condition Applications, or LCAs, (ETA Form 9035) are posted in compliance with federal regulations and are submitted to the US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration.
Job Availability Notices are posted in compliance with federal regulations which govern the filing of an Application for Permanent Alien Labor Certification (ETA Form 9089)
