Can Asylees get a green card through their jobs?

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ayyubov

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If I work for a big corp. is it possible for me to get a green card through my job and what is a legal way to do it? I have a degree and work as a field engineer. I have I 485 pending from 2003.
 
Yes, you can do that. That's what I did. It is completely legal. The process you'll go through is the same as any other person does. The only difference is that in your I-485 filed for employment-based GC, you'll need to mention that you already have an asylum-based 485 pending. To get started, contact the HR of your company and see how they usually handle the GC applications for employees. If they use their lawyer to do that, then they should tell you what to do next. If they don't have a lawyer handling GC applications, then you'll hire a lawyer by yourself. If you hire your own lawyer, I suggest you to hire one good at both political asylum - based and employment-based because it gets more complicated when you have two I-485 pending at the same time.
 
Thank you. Can you tell me were you asylee before you got your employment GC? And also here are the questions I really would love to find an answers:
1. How long is the whole process?
2. Do I have to stay at my job all the way till citizenship?
3. Were there any problems due to you being and asylee?

Thank you for the info. I ill talk to my manager next week.
 
I may be wrong but this is tricky for asylees when they try to go this route. I don't recall where but I believe the problem comes during adjustmet if the asylee entered the US in an unconventional manner. For example, if the asylee entered with fake passports/visas, etc. For asylees this is overlooked by having us fill out an I-602 form. I don't think this option is available for other categories - but I could be wrong.

Can others share their thoughts?
 
should it be easier for asylee to get adjusted base on employment? in another word, does IO give less hard time to asylee who apply for employment based adjustment? thanx!





gc66gc66 said:
Yes, you can do that. That's what I did. It is completely legal. The process you'll go through is the same as any other person does. The only difference is that in your I-485 filed for employment-based GC, you'll need to mention that you already have an asylum-based 485 pending. To get started, contact the HR of your company and see how they usually handle the GC applications for employees. If they use their lawyer to do that, then they should tell you what to do next. If they don't have a lawyer handling GC applications, then you'll hire a lawyer by yourself. If you hire your own lawyer, I suggest you to hire one good at both political asylum - based and employment-based because it gets more complicated when you have two I-485 pending at the same time.
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if u have chance to file for greencard through employer do it . dont waist your time .cause god knows when they are going to eliminate caps.
u might get it in 5 years maximum (my friend got it in 4 years.i heard it will take even lesstime cause new law acting for people expecting greencards through their employers ) . i will do the same thing through my employer when it will be time to adjust . i am not gonna wait untill 2013. It is better if i get it in 2009 or earlier. :)
 
I thought EB1 and EB2 meant "Alient with extraordinary ability" and "National Interest Waiver"? It has nothing to do with employment. Am I wrong?

gc2now said:
I'm a derivative asylee. My husband and I were granted the asylum before I applied GC through my employment.

I entered the U.S. in a legal way, so there is no problem for me on that part. I don't know the drills about coming to this country illegally, so can't provide any thought about it.

When you apply for GC through employment, I don't think it will be particularly easier or harder for asylees than for other people. I think it is the same.

As for how long it will take to go through the employment-based GC process, that will depends on which category under employment-based GC you belong to: EB1, EB2 or EB3. It will also depends on at which service center you will apply for I-140 and I-485. It is complicated. So I suggest you to talk to some lawyers who handle such GC applications. They may give you free consultation on which category you should apply and what the basic process is.
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There is a difference between the term "employment-based" and "employer-sponsored". EB1 and EB2 both belong to employment-based GC. That's what "EB" stand for. For each EB1 and EB2, there are some sub categories. "Extraordinary ability" is one sub cat of EB1 and National Interest Waiver(NIW) is one sub of EB2. You don't need to have an employer to apply for these sub categories, hence they are not employer-sponsored. But they are still considered as employment-based. I know this is confusing.

To my knowledge, the regular EB2 (non-NIW) and some other sub categories of EB1 still require employers to sponsor the applicants' I-485.
 
Let me understand that. Are you saying you don't need an employer to sponsor your I485. How is this possible?
 
Asylee13 said:
Or a Day dreamer like you :-)
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It may sound like a day dreamer to you, but all I said is true. As long as you meet the high standards of certain categories, you don't need an employer to sponsor your green card. This is common sense for people who seek employment-based (not necessarily employer-sponsored) GC. Don't take my words for it. Check it out by yourself. There are many lawyers' websites have this information. You can try this one http://www.murthy.com/gc.html. Click the link "EB1 or Priority Workers : Extraordinary Ability".
 
IF you win a nobel peace prize or are an extraordinary alien such as a high profile doctor or even a high profile NASA engineer..this applies to you. IF you are an extraordinary..I dont think you would be on this board..You would already have the millions of dollars that the celebs have to get your GC. If you got roughly 2 million in cash..you can get GC in a heartbeat.
 
Guys,

You don’t necessarily have to win a Nobel Prize to get a green card.
One of the top engineers at the place I work is actually a professor from my home country. He got his GC based on his Ph.D and recognitions back home.
I also know a woman, who used to be on an Olympic team back home and later immigrated to US using her athletic skills for Extraordinary Ability qualification.
There are other ways too, if you can invest at least 1 mill into US economy, or open a business with at least 10 full-time employees and staff like that.

There is more reading here: http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/residency/index.htm
 
I was thinking about it as well. From what I've found out is that currently it takes more then 3-4 years to get GC through employer.
 
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