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kd1403 and other senior folks in the forum,

have a couple of questions. i have my 485 pending for almost a year and am seriously considering going the CP route (thru AC 140 at Mumbai). have valid EAD and am working with it. Am with the sponsoring employer - catch is that we have been completely bought and acquired by a bigger organisation. And this will be documented in the form of any employment letters that are required.

Question is: Will this scenario lead to any potential obstacles for CP at Mumbai ? In essence, is there any material impact of the fact that the sponsoring employer does not do business with the original name and is a part of a bigger org to the CP process ?

Any inputs would be appreciated.
 
Originally posted by i_m_losing_it
kd1403 and other senior folks in the forum,

have a couple of questions. i have my 485 pending for almost a year and am seriously considering going the CP route (thru AC 140 at Mumbai). have valid EAD and am working with it. Am with the sponsoring employer - catch is that we have been completely bought and acquired by a bigger organisation. And this will be documented in the form of any employment letters that are required.

Question is: Will this scenario lead to any potential obstacles for CP at Mumbai ? In essence, is there any material impact of the fact that the sponsoring employer does not do business with the original name and is a part of a bigger org to the CP process ?

Any inputs would be appreciated.
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This is a common enough occurance and would not affect your
changes in a negative way. Since this looks like a genuine
merger your sponsor may need to give you some additional
documents to establish this. I think I carried 'articles of incorporation' (check the name of the document) which actually
lists the old name and the new name of the business.

Some other members who have actually gone through this kind
of scenario may offer their suggestions.

But as I said earlier this is not a negative factor.

Raju
 
i_m_losing_it :

I 100% concur with raju. Back in 2000 my company (company A) bought one of the big five consulting firms (company B) to form company C and then last year again 2 companies were formed out of company C which were company D & E. For my cp interview
in october 03, I carried documents which depicted my above story in legal words. These documents were newspapers clippings, magazine clipping, plus like raju mentioned New Company Incorporation documents! And after all these efforts I was not asked to submit those documents at the interview.

Bottom line - just carry these documents which depict the company name changes and you should be fine!
 
Appreciate the input. things were a lil blurry in my mind about the acquisition and its potential effect. you guys have clarified some of the things.

Now, does the 'approval' of an i 824 for change to CP from AOS automatically mean that the AOS is withdrawn ? is there any way to fork back to the AOS if any complications in the CP process are identified later (although, i do realize that the possibility is very miniscule).

i m sure this has been addressed in another forum. if it has been, please direct me to that forum.

cheers.
 
i_m_losing_it:

I-824 approval is taking about 9 months whereas CP interview is scheduled generally in less than 6 months when AC I-140 is pursued. So by the time you I-824 is approved you will already have your GC.

If you file AC I-140 using I-824 receipt and if you can decide to change the route back to AOS then your attorney can send a letter to USCIS and consulate stating that you would like to pursue AOS and cancel your I-824. If you try to do this then it is advised to do it asap coz it can cause complications once the interview is scheduled!
 
kd1403,

thanks for sharing your knowledge on the topic. was wondering if there are any precedents for using AC-21 job portability provisions (of i 140) in a consular processing case. i didnt see much on the topic in the forum.

losing_it
 
i_m_losing_it:

No, you cannot use AC21 provisions around job portability with CP / AC I-140 processing.
 
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