H1B RFE: Client letter does not mention my employer name

[sourabh2013]

Hello,

   I have a PhD in physics (with programing background) from an US university and currently on OPT (STEM extension). I am working for a fortune-500 client as a PL/SQL developer through a consultancy company and vendor (basically, Client --> vendor --> my consultancy). My consultancy applied for my H1B this year (got selected in the lottery). But we could not furnish the client letter with our original application. We only had the letter from the vendor stating about the project, client name and my employer etc. There is an RFE currently regarding the client letter.

 

   I was finally able to get the client letter where they mentioned the work-place, the vendor name (not my consultancy), project beginning date and open-ended end date (ongoing project) and a short descripton of my project.

 

   But my employer is now saying that they need the client to mention their name in the letter. Now I don't think the client is going to give me that because the client has no agreement with my consultancy (it's only with the vendor, who has the contract with my consultancy). So legally, they only know the vendor which they mentioned in the letter. More over the vendor letter clearly mentions client name, my employer's name, it's legal responsibilities and the details about the contract.

 

   In that context my question is: whether it is justified (or necessary) for my employer to ask for the client letter to have their name on? Is the client + vendor letter not sufficient?

 

   Will appreciate if anyone knowledgable can answer my question ASAP.

 

Thanks. 

[rahul412]

 

   I have a PhD in physics (with programing background) from an US

What is this?? I couldn't get it.  I guess Physics and IT programming are completely different.

 

BTW, having a Ph.D degree you are working for a consultancy?? That's surprising.

And yes, the letter has to mention your employer's name on that then only it clearly shows the relationship between client and employer.

[sourabh2013]

Boss relax, many physics PhDs work for IT companies (I made a switch because I don't want to be in academics...), I am pretty sure I can write better code than many so called "IT professions" (client's continuous interest in me is a testimony to that fact) + physics does not mean you are working in Lab, actually many of us almost all the time busy in coding for simulation or solving difficult problems. Anyhow thanks for your info on the client letter.

[rahul412]

Boss relax, many physics PhDs work for IT companies (I made a switch because I don't want to be in academics...), I am pretty sure I can write better code than many so called "IT professions" (client's continuous interest in me is a testimony to that fact) + physics does not mean you are working in Lab, actually many of us almost all the time busy in coding for simulation or solving difficult problems. Anyhow thanks for your info on the client letter.

What you have said is correct. But for H1 approval your degree should be related to the field of your work, personally I feel that USCIS is not considering this rule in most of the cases.