Hi all,
according to attorney Carl Shusterman answers- >
Key points
1. The 180-day portability rule allows you to switch jobs or employers at any time. This is after the form I-485 is submitted to the INS - anytime after that, as long as the INS does not decide your application for at least 180 days after the filing date.
2. If you are terminated from your job after filing Form I-485, for any reason, it is clear that the change of jobs was beyond your control and not because of a lack of intent on your part to work for the sponsoring employer indefinitely. Nowhere in the law does the location of your new job become relevant.
3. The law does not mention salary or location as relevant factors. Therefore, if your original job was in the Silicon Valley and your salary was over $100,000 a year, it should not matter that your new job is 1000 miles away and pays $60,000 per year as long as your occupation remains the same or is similar.
For more details please visit
http://immigration.about.com/library/weekly/aa012902b.htm
Swepraba
according to attorney Carl Shusterman answers- >
Key points
1. The 180-day portability rule allows you to switch jobs or employers at any time. This is after the form I-485 is submitted to the INS - anytime after that, as long as the INS does not decide your application for at least 180 days after the filing date.
2. If you are terminated from your job after filing Form I-485, for any reason, it is clear that the change of jobs was beyond your control and not because of a lack of intent on your part to work for the sponsoring employer indefinitely. Nowhere in the law does the location of your new job become relevant.
3. The law does not mention salary or location as relevant factors. Therefore, if your original job was in the Silicon Valley and your salary was over $100,000 a year, it should not matter that your new job is 1000 miles away and pays $60,000 per year as long as your occupation remains the same or is similar.
For more details please visit
http://immigration.about.com/library/weekly/aa012902b.htm
Swepraba