Thanks, SusieQQQ! I believe the lawyer suggested I do the new PERM for the new H1B to protect the status of my employment. You know the new job goes through the whole process of hiring me on an H1B only for them to find out later there is an old PERM issue (Department of Labor said they did not receive the appeal/motion to reconsider documents even when we had noted via USPS tracking that their office did indeed receive the mail) haunting me. He just did not want the marriage, PERM and new H1B filing to be too close together, otherwise immigration would think the marriage was a fraud.
I have the following questions:
1. So since my fiance and I can marry any time under any circumstance, would it be ok to file adjustment of status/EAD some time later when he can show he can fully support me? (What complicates things is we are a thousand miles apart. I was going to get the new job to move to his state.)
2. If I continued to remain in my current job and file the new H1B (with or without the new PERM) here and then have the marriage and adjustment of status a little later would it be ok if my spouse and I lived apart for a while (from a few months to close to a year) to get him settled in his new job and to allow me time to finish job requirements here and prepare to join him? How difficult of a marriage case would that make?
3. With regards to employer green card sponsorship -- can the three stages (PERM, I-140, adjustment of status) be done with different lawyers (should difficulties arise necessitating a change of lawyers)?
Thank you so much. Happy Fourth and Blessings!