United States Citizenship and Immigration Service
Vermont Service Center
75 Lower Welden St.
St. Albans, VT 05479-0001

RE: H-1B Visa Extension for Mr. Rahul Gupta

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing in support of the H-1B visa extension petition filed by Star, Inc., on behalf of Mr. Rahul Gupta who is currently employed with us as a Senior Software Engineer.

This letter is to confirm that Mr. Rahul Gupta has been employed with us on a full time basis beginning July 1, 2003, and that he holds the position of Senior Software Engineer. His annually salary is $78,000. Mr. Rahul Gupta performs the following job duties:

Develop full life-cycle object oriented software, including analysis and design of application specifications, documentation of software user requirements, development of programming using C++ and/or Java languages, design of graphical user interfaces and Object-Oriented Databases (OODBMS) using OMT Methodology, testing and implementation.

Our company intends to employ Mr. Rahul Gupta from July 1, 2003 to April 30, 2006, which fits within the six-year limitation on total H-1B employment. Mr. Gupta is a valued member of our staff.

Please contact me directly should your office require any further information.

Sincerely,


Chairman & CEO
Star, Inc.