Beating the H-1 6 year limit

[toasterbiscuit]

Hi Guys,

I posted this message under the LC processing thread and was advised to post it here also. Basically at this point I want to get confirmation that working for a New York/NJ based consulting company and working in the San Franscisco Bay Area, I could enjoy the faster processing times of New York for my Labor Certification.

I am currently residing in California on an H-1B with a year and 8 months to go. I find processing my GC in California to be risky because even if I go the RIR track, it will take at least 1 year and 7 months according to current processing times. Also I would assume that amidst all the lay-offs in the West coast, immigration might even investigate some RIR cases possibly increasing the processing time further.

In this scenario, I was thinking about going with one of two consulting companies in New York and New Jersey who are showing some interest in employing me. I believe this could be advantageous considering the processing time in these states are much faster. My question arises about me wanting to stay in the Bay Area with my relations. Is it possible to have a client here and work for a consulting company in the East Coast and enjoy the processing times for the East Coast?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Srini

 

[puppy143V]

I do not see an issue with that

Consulting firms have the benifit of applying GCs for their employees from the area where the head office is located.

 

[Megg]

Why do you think NY/NJ are faster in LC than CA?

Read the related threads in LC forum and find for yourself.

 

[toasterbiscuit]

What do you mean by by reading related threads?

Megg,

I was basing my statement of NY/NJ times being faster based on the Labor Processing Times (Regional + State Level) posted on major immigration web sites such as immigration.com and murthy.com.

For Example just comparing NJ and CA priority Dates (assuming RIR):
                CA NJ
Regional 11/16/2001 Current
State 08/15/2001 4/27/2001

Since the Regional processing is current for NJ, there is an advantage of about 4 months in OVERALL processing in NJ? What info did you allude to under the LC forumn that negates this info?

Thx,

Srini