These guys must be ready to have nervous breakdowns
Refresher Course:
Sagnak is the guy who was the Director/Dean of Acdemics/Science Teacher at Horizon Science Academy Denison, (it's exhausting just thinking about all his jobs), and Akayya is the other guy who is/was allegedly -- the Science Department Head there (although, I think he has another position now).
Make sure you look at how they ask about "Mr. Zen's" application (remember -- he's the guy that is essentially "missing" from the ODE website -- see "Oh! Where or Where Did He Go?")
Both guys had been turned down previously for green cards and needed to do some "fancy" footwork in order to get reconsidered and ultimately sponsored using our tax dollars in the process.
And who says our government isn't sharp? You got to give it to Homeland Security -- they just keep giving them green cards. That makes us feel "secure," how about you?
(See Identity Crisis for Sagnak & Akkaya's ongoing identity saga).
MEMORANDUM
To: Karen
From: Evan
Date: August 2, 2007
Re: Evidence Needed to Rebut the Intent to Deny Murat Sagnak’s Employment Certification
What we need from Murat:
(1) A sworn affidavit from the beneficiary alien (Murat) attesting to the date he first began working at H.S.A. and received the job offered, that on that date he possessed the legal authority (ability) to work in the United States, and that he had a valid license from the Ohio Department of Education to teach in Ohio
(Murat stated that he had worked at H.S.A. beginning 2001 on his resume and this is what we put on the ETA from 750 –but this was before he had H1B status—He must initial and date any changes to the ETA form 750 part B)
What we need from Horizon Science Academy:
(2) That from the date Murat began working at H.S.A., he possessed all the minimum requirements of the job offered, AND
(3) Documentation to substantiate Murat’s work history which must include:
i. Photocopies of federal W-2 Wage and Tax Statements and/or forms 1099 issued by the employer to Murat for 2001-2006 AND
ii. Photocopies of any required quarterly wage reports to the State of Ohio that reported wages from H.S.A. paid to Murat from 2001 to the present date AND
iii. Photocopies of paychecks and/or corporate payroll records showing any and all wages and/or compensation H.S.A. paid to Murat from 2001 to the present date AND
(4) Documentation to show that U.S. Workers applying for the job opportunity were rejected solely for lawful job related reasons; AND
(5) Any changes to the ETA Form 750 Part A should be corrected (specifically check the dates stating when Murat began teaching at H.S.A. Any amendments in part A must be initialed and dated by the employer)
The Department of Labor has stated: “The burden of proof in all labor certification applications is upon the employer. A written assertion lacking in any supporting reasoning or evidence, while constituting evidence that must be considered, is generally insufficient to carry an employer’s burden of proof.
From: Nuzhat Hafeez [[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:34 PM
To: 'Murat Sagnak'
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Job description for Mr. Akkaya and Mr. Sagnak
Mr. Sagnak,
Here is the ad I had for Mr. Akkaya, based on the information below.
TEACHER- Horizon Science Academy—Denison, Cleveland, Ohio, a college prep community (charter) school seeks F/T grade 4-8 Teachers to teach all subjects. Duties: Teach assigned subjects, design effective class plans, prepare students for assessment tests and competitions in content area, tutor students after school, participate in faculty meetings, teacher training workshops and attend parent/teacher conferences,do home visits and prepare students for the Ohio Achievement Test. Bachelor’s Degree plus five years of progressive experience. Candidates must possess minimum requirements necessary for licensure. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Send resumes to:
Horizon Science Academy—Denison
1700 Denison Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44109
Phone: (216) 739-9911
Fax: (216) 739-9913
-----Original Message-----
From: Murat Sagnak [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 5:02 PM
To: 'Nuzhat Hafeez'
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Job description for Mr. Akkaya and Mr. Sagnak
I think below is what I sent you; I answered the questions you had in red. My PERM needs to be filed as well, so I made the ad to work for both of us. There is also a Math teacher he is renewing his H1 visa, right after that we are planning to apply for his PERM as well.
I hope things work out well for all of us,
Murat Sagnak
Director/Science Teacher
Horizon Science Academy Denison Middle School
1700 Denison Ave. Cleveland, OH 44109
Tel:216-739-9911 Ext:15
MIN. REQUIREMENTS FOR CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, BIOLOGY AND MATH TEACHERS
1. Hold at least a bachelor’s degree
2. Hold full state certification or licensure as a teacher
3. Demonstrate subject matter competence in each area taught for 4 thru 9 or 7 thru 12 grades
4-Show that you have a content major in the academic subject area being taught by obtaining a transcript from the college or university where you earned 50 semester hours of content
5- Take and pass the Praxis II test in the content area appropriate to your grade level
6- Hold at least 2-year experience in teaching.
Job Description:
· Deliver daily instruction in the subject area according to the state curriculum standards.
· Prepare students for the competitions and contests in the content area.
· Integrate curricular activities into classes, including: Internet based learning, cooperative learning, and exploration activities.
· Design effective class plans and rationale
· Develop alternative measures of assessment such as problem based learning projects and games
· Prepare students for Olympiads and Science fairs
· Tutor 4th –8th grade students after school
· Prepare questions for assessment tests that take place two times a year.
· Prepare students for the Ohio Achievement Test in the subject area
· Visit at least 4 parent throughout the year
Prepare by.
Hasan Akkaya
From: Nuzhat Hafeez [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:18 PM
To: 'Murat Sagnak'
Cc: [email protected]; 'H.Akkaya'
Subject: RE: Job description for Mr. Akkaya
Hello Mr. Sagnak and Mr. Akkaya:
Here is the job description. Please look it over before using it for recruitment purposes. I underlined some things that were not stated in your job description but I added because I thought that you might have overlooked them. Also, I just wanted to make sure that the positions are for Denison (Grade 4th to 8th??) because both of you sent me two different job descriptions with different grades.
Please discard Mr. akkaya's job description, he is going to apply from Denison and we have 4 thru 8 here.
Also, in terms of job requirements, do you require a minimum of 2 years of experience or 5 years?
I think 2 year is fine.
Again, both of your descriptions do not correlate. I just want to clarify that in order to apply for an EB-2 petition, the job has to require a minimum of 5 years of progressive work experience or Masters Degree. In order to pass this test, everyone holding similar positions should have the same background in terms of experience and degree; otherwise, there could be a denial.
We both have 5-year of experience in the US and more than 10 years of total. We are also pursuing master at Cleveland State University.
Can we add "doing home visits" and " prepare students for the Ohio Achievement Test" to the duties?
Also, since asking for 5 years of experience for a teacher is not typical, the USCIS looks at the application very carefully to make sure that recruitment is not unduly restrictive of US candidates. For that same reason I changed the wording from requiring a license to having the minimum requirments for licensure since that is typically what the CIS wants. Please get back to me with any changes. If you have any questions, let me know. Thanks.
TEACHER- Horizon Science Academy—Denison, Cleveland, Ohio, a college prep community (charter) school seeks F/T grade 4-8 Teachers to teach all subjects. Duties: Teach assigned subjects, design effective class plans, prepare students for assessment tests and competitions in content area, tutor students after school, participate in faculty meetings, teacher training workshops and attend parent/teacher conferences. Bachelor’s Degree plus five years of progressive experience. Candidates must possess minimum requirements necessary for licensure. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Send resumes to:
Horizon Science Academy—Denison
1700 Denison Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44109
Phone: (216) 739-9911
Fax: (216) 739-9913
P.S. Mr. Sagnak your H-1B petition was approved until 1/24/2009.
-----Original Message-----
From: Murat Sagnak [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:02 PM
To: 'Nuzhat Hafeez'
Subject: FW: Job description for Mr. Akkaya
Hi Ms. Hafeez,
I want to extend the job description of Mr. akkaya for the other subjects as well so that we could use the ad for others as well (like myself for Physics teacher position).
Please revise to start Mr. akkaya's PERM application as soon as you can.
Thanks,
Mr. Sagnak
HSA Denison
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MIN. REQUIREMENTS FOR CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, BIOLOGY AND MATH TEACHERS
1. Hold at least a bachelor’s degree
2. Hold full state certification or licensure as a teacher
3. Demonstrate subject matter competence in each area taught for 4 thru 9 or 7 thru 12 grades
4-Show that you have a content major in the academic subject area being taught by obtaining a transcript from the college or university where you earned 50 semester hours of content
5- Take and pass the Praxis II test in the content area appropriate to your grade level
6- Hold at least 2-year experience in teaching.
Job Description:
· Deliver daily instruction in the subject area according to the state curriculum standards.
· Prepare students for the competitions and contests in the content area.
· Integrate curricular activities into classes, including: Internet based learning, cooperative learning, and exploration activities.
· Design effective class plans and rationale
· Develop alternative measures of assessment such as problem based learning projects and games
· Prepare students for Olympiads and Science fairs
· Tutor 4th –8th grade students after school
· Prepare questions for assessment tests that take place two times a year.
· Prepare students for the Ohio Achievement Test in the subject area
· Visit at least 4 parent throughout the year
Prepare by.
Hasan Akkaya
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Your documents
Hi Mr. Sagnak,
Here's the things that I believe should be changed on your documents.
1) the Teacher license is until 6/30/08. Can you extend it? If not, we might just get approval until that time frame.
I believe this is my alternative administrator license. As it's stated in the license, it can be renewed two more time for next ywo years. I can not extend it now. Approval for that time (6/30/08) will shorten my visa and jeportize my one year time period between PERM application and the visa extension application in January 2009. I'm not sure if we should do that.
2) Employment contract --should be from 12/1/ 07. The references should be to Director or Director/Teacher. The teacher responsibilities should reflect those of a director/teacher.
Maybe I should eliminate the teacher part. How was Mr. Zen's?
4) Job offer--Salary consistent with contract. Responsibilities should be consistent with director/teacher, if that is what the position is. Right now it only lists director duties.
Again I'm not sure if we should make it director only or director/teacher.
5) Resume--Should be in reverse chronological order, should list principal license, director position technically can only begin after you file H-1B paperwork, so list all similar responsibilities.
What if we do it as acting director?
HSA – Denison Middle School, August 2007 - Present
Acting Director/Science Teacher
Sagnak is the guy who was the Director/Dean of Acdemics/Science Teacher at Horizon Science Academy Denison, (it's exhausting just thinking about all his jobs), and Akayya is the other guy who is/was allegedly -- the Science Department Head there (although, I think he has another position now).
Make sure you look at how they ask about "Mr. Zen's" application (remember -- he's the guy that is essentially "missing" from the ODE website -- see "Oh! Where or Where Did He Go?")
Both guys had been turned down previously for green cards and needed to do some "fancy" footwork in order to get reconsidered and ultimately sponsored using our tax dollars in the process.
And who says our government isn't sharp? You got to give it to Homeland Security -- they just keep giving them green cards. That makes us feel "secure," how about you?
(See Identity Crisis for Sagnak & Akkaya's ongoing identity saga).
MEMORANDUM
To: Karen
From: Evan
Date: August 2, 2007
Re: Evidence Needed to Rebut the Intent to Deny Murat Sagnak’s Employment Certification
What we need from Murat:
(1) A sworn affidavit from the beneficiary alien (Murat) attesting to the date he first began working at H.S.A. and received the job offered, that on that date he possessed the legal authority (ability) to work in the United States, and that he had a valid license from the Ohio Department of Education to teach in Ohio
(Murat stated that he had worked at H.S.A. beginning 2001 on his resume and this is what we put on the ETA from 750 –but this was before he had H1B status—He must initial and date any changes to the ETA form 750 part B)
What we need from Horizon Science Academy:
(2) That from the date Murat began working at H.S.A., he possessed all the minimum requirements of the job offered, AND
(3) Documentation to substantiate Murat’s work history which must include:
i. Photocopies of federal W-2 Wage and Tax Statements and/or forms 1099 issued by the employer to Murat for 2001-2006 AND
ii. Photocopies of any required quarterly wage reports to the State of Ohio that reported wages from H.S.A. paid to Murat from 2001 to the present date AND
iii. Photocopies of paychecks and/or corporate payroll records showing any and all wages and/or compensation H.S.A. paid to Murat from 2001 to the present date AND
(4) Documentation to show that U.S. Workers applying for the job opportunity were rejected solely for lawful job related reasons; AND
(5) Any changes to the ETA Form 750 Part A should be corrected (specifically check the dates stating when Murat began teaching at H.S.A. Any amendments in part A must be initialed and dated by the employer)
The Department of Labor has stated: “The burden of proof in all labor certification applications is upon the employer. A written assertion lacking in any supporting reasoning or evidence, while constituting evidence that must be considered, is generally insufficient to carry an employer’s burden of proof.
From: Nuzhat Hafeez [[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:34 PM
To: 'Murat Sagnak'
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Job description for Mr. Akkaya and Mr. Sagnak
Mr. Sagnak,
Here is the ad I had for Mr. Akkaya, based on the information below.
TEACHER- Horizon Science Academy—Denison, Cleveland, Ohio, a college prep community (charter) school seeks F/T grade 4-8 Teachers to teach all subjects. Duties: Teach assigned subjects, design effective class plans, prepare students for assessment tests and competitions in content area, tutor students after school, participate in faculty meetings, teacher training workshops and attend parent/teacher conferences,do home visits and prepare students for the Ohio Achievement Test. Bachelor’s Degree plus five years of progressive experience. Candidates must possess minimum requirements necessary for licensure. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Send resumes to:
Horizon Science Academy—Denison
1700 Denison Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44109
Phone: (216) 739-9911
Fax: (216) 739-9913
-----Original Message-----
From: Murat Sagnak [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 5:02 PM
To: 'Nuzhat Hafeez'
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Job description for Mr. Akkaya and Mr. Sagnak
I think below is what I sent you; I answered the questions you had in red. My PERM needs to be filed as well, so I made the ad to work for both of us. There is also a Math teacher he is renewing his H1 visa, right after that we are planning to apply for his PERM as well.
I hope things work out well for all of us,
Murat Sagnak
Director/Science Teacher
Horizon Science Academy Denison Middle School
1700 Denison Ave. Cleveland, OH 44109
Tel:216-739-9911 Ext:15
MIN. REQUIREMENTS FOR CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, BIOLOGY AND MATH TEACHERS
1. Hold at least a bachelor’s degree
2. Hold full state certification or licensure as a teacher
3. Demonstrate subject matter competence in each area taught for 4 thru 9 or 7 thru 12 grades
4-Show that you have a content major in the academic subject area being taught by obtaining a transcript from the college or university where you earned 50 semester hours of content
5- Take and pass the Praxis II test in the content area appropriate to your grade level
6- Hold at least 2-year experience in teaching.
Job Description:
· Deliver daily instruction in the subject area according to the state curriculum standards.
· Prepare students for the competitions and contests in the content area.
· Integrate curricular activities into classes, including: Internet based learning, cooperative learning, and exploration activities.
· Design effective class plans and rationale
· Develop alternative measures of assessment such as problem based learning projects and games
· Prepare students for Olympiads and Science fairs
· Tutor 4th –8th grade students after school
· Prepare questions for assessment tests that take place two times a year.
· Prepare students for the Ohio Achievement Test in the subject area
· Visit at least 4 parent throughout the year
Prepare by.
Hasan Akkaya
From: Nuzhat Hafeez [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:18 PM
To: 'Murat Sagnak'
Cc: [email protected]; 'H.Akkaya'
Subject: RE: Job description for Mr. Akkaya
Hello Mr. Sagnak and Mr. Akkaya:
Here is the job description. Please look it over before using it for recruitment purposes. I underlined some things that were not stated in your job description but I added because I thought that you might have overlooked them. Also, I just wanted to make sure that the positions are for Denison (Grade 4th to 8th??) because both of you sent me two different job descriptions with different grades.
Please discard Mr. akkaya's job description, he is going to apply from Denison and we have 4 thru 8 here.
Also, in terms of job requirements, do you require a minimum of 2 years of experience or 5 years?
I think 2 year is fine.
Again, both of your descriptions do not correlate. I just want to clarify that in order to apply for an EB-2 petition, the job has to require a minimum of 5 years of progressive work experience or Masters Degree. In order to pass this test, everyone holding similar positions should have the same background in terms of experience and degree; otherwise, there could be a denial.
We both have 5-year of experience in the US and more than 10 years of total. We are also pursuing master at Cleveland State University.
Can we add "doing home visits" and " prepare students for the Ohio Achievement Test" to the duties?
Also, since asking for 5 years of experience for a teacher is not typical, the USCIS looks at the application very carefully to make sure that recruitment is not unduly restrictive of US candidates. For that same reason I changed the wording from requiring a license to having the minimum requirments for licensure since that is typically what the CIS wants. Please get back to me with any changes. If you have any questions, let me know. Thanks.
TEACHER- Horizon Science Academy—Denison, Cleveland, Ohio, a college prep community (charter) school seeks F/T grade 4-8 Teachers to teach all subjects. Duties: Teach assigned subjects, design effective class plans, prepare students for assessment tests and competitions in content area, tutor students after school, participate in faculty meetings, teacher training workshops and attend parent/teacher conferences. Bachelor’s Degree plus five years of progressive experience. Candidates must possess minimum requirements necessary for licensure. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Send resumes to:
Horizon Science Academy—Denison
1700 Denison Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44109
Phone: (216) 739-9911
Fax: (216) 739-9913
P.S. Mr. Sagnak your H-1B petition was approved until 1/24/2009.
-----Original Message-----
From: Murat Sagnak [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:02 PM
To: 'Nuzhat Hafeez'
Subject: FW: Job description for Mr. Akkaya
Hi Ms. Hafeez,
I want to extend the job description of Mr. akkaya for the other subjects as well so that we could use the ad for others as well (like myself for Physics teacher position).
Please revise to start Mr. akkaya's PERM application as soon as you can.
Thanks,
Mr. Sagnak
HSA Denison
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MIN. REQUIREMENTS FOR CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, BIOLOGY AND MATH TEACHERS
1. Hold at least a bachelor’s degree
2. Hold full state certification or licensure as a teacher
3. Demonstrate subject matter competence in each area taught for 4 thru 9 or 7 thru 12 grades
4-Show that you have a content major in the academic subject area being taught by obtaining a transcript from the college or university where you earned 50 semester hours of content
5- Take and pass the Praxis II test in the content area appropriate to your grade level
6- Hold at least 2-year experience in teaching.
Job Description:
· Deliver daily instruction in the subject area according to the state curriculum standards.
· Prepare students for the competitions and contests in the content area.
· Integrate curricular activities into classes, including: Internet based learning, cooperative learning, and exploration activities.
· Design effective class plans and rationale
· Develop alternative measures of assessment such as problem based learning projects and games
· Prepare students for Olympiads and Science fairs
· Tutor 4th –8th grade students after school
· Prepare questions for assessment tests that take place two times a year.
· Prepare students for the Ohio Achievement Test in the subject area
· Visit at least 4 parent throughout the year
Prepare by.
Hasan Akkaya
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Your documents
Hi Mr. Sagnak,
Here's the things that I believe should be changed on your documents.
1) the Teacher license is until 6/30/08. Can you extend it? If not, we might just get approval until that time frame.
I believe this is my alternative administrator license. As it's stated in the license, it can be renewed two more time for next ywo years. I can not extend it now. Approval for that time (6/30/08) will shorten my visa and jeportize my one year time period between PERM application and the visa extension application in January 2009. I'm not sure if we should do that.
2) Employment contract --should be from 12/1/ 07. The references should be to Director or Director/Teacher. The teacher responsibilities should reflect those of a director/teacher.
Maybe I should eliminate the teacher part. How was Mr. Zen's?
4) Job offer--Salary consistent with contract. Responsibilities should be consistent with director/teacher, if that is what the position is. Right now it only lists director duties.
Again I'm not sure if we should make it director only or director/teacher.
5) Resume--Should be in reverse chronological order, should list principal license, director position technically can only begin after you file H-1B paperwork, so list all similar responsibilities.
What if we do it as acting director?
HSA – Denison Middle School, August 2007 - Present
Acting Director/Science Teacher
- Thought 7th grade science
