gc_seeker987
New Member
Hi,
my status:
H-1B third year.
EB3. PD in august 2007.
140 is approved, 485 pending. (way past 180 days)
Also have EAD and AP.
Goal: study fulltime and change career(possibly drastically..explanation below)
My occupation is Unix System administrator. The job description starts off as "The position requires the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge of Computer Science or a related field or, its equivalent in training and/or experience"
then it slowly narrows down the description(i can provide that if necessary).
I have admission in a top school to pursue graduate studies in CS. This is where my heart is and if all goes well, i will graduate with a phd in about 5 years in CS. After completion, i surely hope not to do the same or similar job as described in the previous paragraph. I will most likely go teach and research CS in some college.
given the retrogression, i probably wont get my gc for years to come and i cannot postpone my studies indefinitely. So i plan to quit my job, study fulltime and use my EAD to work as a graduate assistant to support myself. researching previous posts on this forum indicates that doing this is not illegal or immigration fraud. please correct me if my understanding is wrong.
Now, my current employer most likely will not keep the door open after i quit, in case i get my gc in the future and request to go back and work there temporarily to fulfill my side of the obligation. Since gc is very important, when i get my gc, even if it is in the middle of my phd, i would like to take a break and work same/similar job temporarily to fulfill this obligation. The question is what is the safest way to do so?
One solution that comes to mind is to befriend a consultant shop that can help me reply to any RFEs while 485 is pending via a future offer letter for a job similar to what i have now. (during this time, i will be studying and supporting myself as i explained two paragraphs ago). When i do get the gc, i can either work for this consultant shop if they actually have an opening or find something on my own, again, to fulfill the obligation of working for the similar job for which gc was petitioned. Is this a feasible solution? Is this risky for any reason? For my situation, is there a better solution than this?
Here is another question in the mix. I will be marrying an indian citizen(presumably before my gc is approved) who will be on her own visa. When my PD becomes current, no matter what i am doing at the time (working or studying), living with EAD and AP, i can add her to my pending I-485, correct?
Thank you very much for reading my post. This forum has been helpful to me in the past and i hope someone provides accurate response to this, my first post.
my status:
H-1B third year.
EB3. PD in august 2007.
140 is approved, 485 pending. (way past 180 days)
Also have EAD and AP.
Goal: study fulltime and change career(possibly drastically..explanation below)
My occupation is Unix System administrator. The job description starts off as "The position requires the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge of Computer Science or a related field or, its equivalent in training and/or experience"
then it slowly narrows down the description(i can provide that if necessary).
I have admission in a top school to pursue graduate studies in CS. This is where my heart is and if all goes well, i will graduate with a phd in about 5 years in CS. After completion, i surely hope not to do the same or similar job as described in the previous paragraph. I will most likely go teach and research CS in some college.
given the retrogression, i probably wont get my gc for years to come and i cannot postpone my studies indefinitely. So i plan to quit my job, study fulltime and use my EAD to work as a graduate assistant to support myself. researching previous posts on this forum indicates that doing this is not illegal or immigration fraud. please correct me if my understanding is wrong.
Now, my current employer most likely will not keep the door open after i quit, in case i get my gc in the future and request to go back and work there temporarily to fulfill my side of the obligation. Since gc is very important, when i get my gc, even if it is in the middle of my phd, i would like to take a break and work same/similar job temporarily to fulfill this obligation. The question is what is the safest way to do so?
One solution that comes to mind is to befriend a consultant shop that can help me reply to any RFEs while 485 is pending via a future offer letter for a job similar to what i have now. (during this time, i will be studying and supporting myself as i explained two paragraphs ago). When i do get the gc, i can either work for this consultant shop if they actually have an opening or find something on my own, again, to fulfill the obligation of working for the similar job for which gc was petitioned. Is this a feasible solution? Is this risky for any reason? For my situation, is there a better solution than this?
Here is another question in the mix. I will be marrying an indian citizen(presumably before my gc is approved) who will be on her own visa. When my PD becomes current, no matter what i am doing at the time (working or studying), living with EAD and AP, i can add her to my pending I-485, correct?
Thank you very much for reading my post. This forum has been helpful to me in the past and i hope someone provides accurate response to this, my first post.