Concurrent filing or not ? Please help.

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prezcalvin

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Guys,

Please give me your input on this :

I just got my Labor approved yesterday (EB2 PERM conversion case, PD 10/2003 ). I am Indian but my wife was born in the UK, so we are planning to use Cross Chargability for the 485 stage.

Now I wanted to file concurrently the I-140 and I-485 next, with the I-140 done as premium processing. The company however is refusing to do the premium processing. After a lot of haggling, I got to this stage with them:

A) They would file concurrently 140 and 485, with no premium processing on 140.

OR

B) They would not file concurrently, but file the 140 premium processing, and then after that is approved, file the 485.

Please tell me your thoughts, is it better to choose A) or B). I'm in CA. I need to decide on this by tomorrow sometime.

TIA
 
prezcalvin said:
Guys,

Please give me your input on this :

I just got my Labor approved yesterday (EB2 PERM conversion case, PD 10/2003 ). I am Indian but my wife was born in the UK, so we are planning to use Cross Chargability for the 485 stage.

Now I wanted to file concurrently the I-140 and I-485 next, with the I-140 done as premium processing. The company however is refusing to do the premium processing. After a lot of haggling, I got to this stage with them:

A) They would file concurrently 140 and 485, with no premium processing on 140.

OR

B) They would not file concurrently, but file the 140 premium processing, and then after that is approved, file the 485.

Please tell me your thoughts, is it better to choose A) or B). I'm in CA. I need to decide on this by tomorrow sometime.

TIA
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Congratulations on getting approval of PERM.

Premium i140 is useful for those who are running out of H1 time. If you are not in hurry you should definately go with concurrent filing. I know I would.
 
prezcalvin said:
Guys,

Please give me your input on this :

I just got my Labor approved yesterday (EB2 PERM conversion case, PD 10/2003 ). I am Indian but my wife was born in the UK, so we are planning to use Cross Chargability for the 485 stage.

Now I wanted to file concurrently the I-140 and I-485 next, with the I-140 done as premium processing. The company however is refusing to do the premium processing. After a lot of haggling, I got to this stage with them:

A) They would file concurrently 140 and 485, with no premium processing on 140.

OR

B) They would not file concurrently, but file the 140 premium processing, and then after that is approved, file the 485.

Please tell me your thoughts, is it better to choose A) or B). I'm in CA. I need to decide on this by tomorrow sometime.

TIA
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Prezcalvin,
Can you tell me how long the process for your LC using PERM?
I'm curious because some ppl in this forum said that if its a conversion case, it will take 6-8 months to process.
 
Hi joelly,

I think I already answered this to you on another board - it took 6+ months for me to get this done.
 
ChicagoDesi,

Hmmm, I was actually leaning more towards option B). My H1 expires in March '08.

Even if I have to fund the $1K out of my own pockets, I figured that getting the 140 in 3 or 4 weeks would be worth it, as opposed to the neverending wait and the various things that can go wrong. Are you suggesting that I do concurrent solely to save 485 time on those extra 3-4 weeks or is there some other reason why you think it's worth it to forego the premium processing?
 
prezcalvin said:
ChicagoDesi,

Hmmm, I was actually leaning more towards option B). My H1 expires in March '08.

Even if I have to fund the $1K out of my own pockets, I figured that getting the 140 in 3 or 4 weeks would be worth it, as opposed to the neverending wait and the various things that can go wrong. Are you suggesting that I do concurrent solely to save 485 time on those extra 3-4 weeks or is there some other reason why you think it's worth it to forego the premium processing?
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Since you have plenty of time on your H1, either situation is good for you. If you don't mind spending $1K, which is money well spent IMHO, you should go for what makes sense to you. Good luck and keep us posted. :)
 
Chicago Desi said:
Since you have plenty of time on your H1, either situation is good for you. If you don't mind spending $1K, which is money well spent IMHO, you should go for what makes sense to you. Good luck and keep us posted. :)
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Thanks, will do, actually the negotiation ended even better today! Maybe I should become a negotiator, hmm!

Anyway, right now they offered to file concurrently 140 Premium, 485, AP, EAD - I pay the $1K 140 premium processing costs, they will cover 485, AP and EAD costs for both me and my wife. I gladly took that deal.
 
prezcalvin said:
Thanks, will do, actually the negotiation ended even better today! Maybe I should become a negotiator, hmm!

Anyway, right now they offered to file concurrently 140 Premium, 485, AP, EAD - I pay the $1K 140 premium processing costs, they will cover 485, AP and EAD costs for both me and my wife. I gladly took that deal.
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Congratulations. :)
 
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