ACADEMIC SENATE
DEANS
VICE PROVOSTS
DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
RE: Issuance of Revised CAPM 102.530: Sponsorship of Immigration and Work Authorization
Dear Colleagues:
I write to issue the revised Campus Academic Personnel Manual (CAPM) 102.530: Sponsorship of Immigration and Work Authorization, effective immediately. The proposed changes were announced on November 22, 2019.
The issuance of this revised policy institutes the following changes:
- The title of the policy is changed from Recruitment and Appointment of Noncitizens to Sponsorship of Immigration and Work Authorization.
- A hiring unit’s ability to sponsor permanent residency for foreign national employees is expanded to include the Teaching Professor (Lecturer with Security of Employment) series; Continuing Lecturers with full year appointments; and all ranks of the Professional Research, Project __ (e.g. Scientist), and Specialist series.
- The policy incorporates recently-implemented procedural changes aimed at streamlining the process for obtaining an exception to sponsor an H-1B Nonimmigrant Worker in a Specialty Occupation visa for a Postdoctoral Scholar.
- The revised policy clarifies that the J-1 Exchange Visitor visa category is appropriate for the following academic title series only: Visiting Professor, Visiting Researcher, Visiting Project Scientist, Visiting Specialist, Visiting Librarian; Visiting Scholar, Visitor- Graduate Student, Visitor-Undergraduate Student; Research Associate and Research Fellow; Postdoctoral Scholar; Pre-six Lecturers and Continuing Lecturers with 9/9 appointments; and academic student titles.
- Information that pertained to non-employment visa categories B-1/B-2/WB Temporary Business Visitor has been removed because it is out of the scope of this policy.
Questions regarding this policy may be directed to the Academic Personnel Office at apo@ucsc.edu.
Sincerely,
Lori Kletzer
Campus Provost and
Executive Vice Chancellor
cc:
International Student & Scholar Services Director Calabrese
Assistant Vice Provost- Academic Personnel McClintock
Academic Senate Director Mednick
Department Managers
Divisional Academic Personnel Coordinators
