From your situation, it looks like you are in the second term of the 6 yr limit and you have 1.8 yrs to go. My suggesstion would be to
1) Dont waste any more time with your current employer as the situation is unstable
2) Get a new job immdly , join the company, apply for perm, get your 140 approved before Aug 2008
3) now you need to worry about staying in this country beyond 2008 than the priority date and doing that without going out of status.
4) to take your current labor to the new company, you should have your 140 approved, stay in the company for 6 months more. In addition, your current company should not be revoking it after 6 months.
1) Dont waste any more time with your current employer as the situation is unstable
2) Get a new job immdly , join the company, apply for perm, get your 140 approved before Aug 2008
3) now you need to worry about staying in this country beyond 2008 than the priority date and doing that without going out of status.
4) to take your current labor to the new company, you should have your 140 approved, stay in the company for 6 months more. In addition, your current company should not be revoking it after 6 months.
Durres Special said:I just got in an unbilivable situation. I'm waiting day by day to receive a NOF for wage match and I was planning how to ask my employer for a 4-5 k raise to match the PW. Last friday I found out that things are not going so well and I might be layed off really soon. MY H1B expires on August 2008. MY PD is May 2004 which as per visa bulletin I'll need all this time to wait for my PD to come. What are my options if I get laid off temporarily or even worst permanently or even if my company goes out of business. Can I file again PERM with an other company and can I go from E3 to E2 by using my Master degree and my prior experience and the experience I occured with my present employer? Can I take this current Labor application with the new employer so I do not lose my PD? If I get laid off only for 3-4 months and reemployed again what does it mean for my status? Does this create any problem for me?
My kids came here very young and they do speak only English and they are becaming star of the school almost every month. My spouse left a very good and high paying job in the old country. I did as well. We sold our home and everything we owned there and bought everything here from the begining. It has been very hard making it here in one paycheck only and if it was not for our kids we would be back in a heart bit. But after four years building our life here brick after brick, what in the god's name can we do now?!
Any help or sugestions will be deeply appreciated. Thank you a bunch.