Re: regarding company changing
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during the lca or at any point of time you can change the company but what would happen is , the green card processing will come to status zero, cos company A cant process a gc for you when you actually work for company B. >
Not strictly true - keep in mind, GC is for future employment intent, not current. You don't have to be working for Co A for them to process your immigration, they have to declare that they intend to employ you upon your 485 approval. Also, as you say later in your post, the labor cert is for the position, not an individual (this is how you can get away by using substitute labor certs). However for a process starting from scratch, in reality, a good immigration lawyer will write up the job description and requirements based on the beneficiary's resume on the 750A, to avoid RFEs in later stages.
Reality being what it is, off course, trying to find a company who is going to process a immigration petition that takes 3-4 years for you when you're not actually working for them, is almost impossible (unless it belongs to a friend!).
In Meera's current scenario (without going into using subs labor, issues with H1 extension, etc), she could change employers after her 140 is approved and it's been more than 180 days since her 485 has been filed. There's a ton of posts/good info under the 485 forums - do a search for 'AC21'. However, that's a long ways yet, so hang in there Meera - hopefully you don't seriously intend to change your employers anytime in the next few years.
Welcome to the joys of Employment Based immigration
K
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during the lca or at any point of time you can change the company but what would happen is , the green card processing will come to status zero, cos company A cant process a gc for you when you actually work for company B. >
Not strictly true - keep in mind, GC is for future employment intent, not current. You don't have to be working for Co A for them to process your immigration, they have to declare that they intend to employ you upon your 485 approval. Also, as you say later in your post, the labor cert is for the position, not an individual (this is how you can get away by using substitute labor certs). However for a process starting from scratch, in reality, a good immigration lawyer will write up the job description and requirements based on the beneficiary's resume on the 750A, to avoid RFEs in later stages.
Reality being what it is, off course, trying to find a company who is going to process a immigration petition that takes 3-4 years for you when you're not actually working for them, is almost impossible (unless it belongs to a friend!).
In Meera's current scenario (without going into using subs labor, issues with H1 extension, etc), she could change employers after her 140 is approved and it's been more than 180 days since her 485 has been filed. There's a ton of posts/good info under the 485 forums - do a search for 'AC21'. However, that's a long ways yet, so hang in there Meera - hopefully you don't seriously intend to change your employers anytime in the next few years.
Welcome to the joys of Employment Based immigration
K