Is following legal?

[ashoka]

Dear friends,

I am with a consulting company and working for a client. Consultant company is processing my GC through RIR. GC process is started on July/August2000. Currently it is in labour certification stage.

Client asked me to join as permanent or leave. My consultant company is saying, instead of coming on to bench join as a permanent with the client until I-140 with the consultant company comes or consultant finds a job.

My question, is leaving consultant company for a while and coming back going to affect my current GC process. Is this valid? Or After coming back, do I need to start the GC procees all over again from scratch.

Thank you for your valuable suggestions and information.

[JumpingJack]

GC is for a FUTURE job.

If your employer (consulting firm) is okay with you joining the client, and you are okay with it, do so. Your GC application is for a future job. It is entirely possible for your company to contiune processing your GC, even upto the 485 stage, as long as you join them once the approval is granted.

hth