GINNU: quitting after green card

[TheRealCanadian]

i believe the restriction on changing jobs only applies to the 'sponsoring' employer. I could be wrong, but thats what I remember reading in one of the many msgs which had cut and pasted some stuff from uscis site about citizenship questions. Plus AC-21 does not stipulate that I will continue working for Company B fater green card.

What AC21 allows the alien to do is port the Green Card process to a different employer or a similar job, but that's about it. The underlying expectation is that the job is permanent, the alien intends to work there indefinitely and everything else in the GC petition remains the same.

It's why you cannot use AC21 to port to a job with an explicit end date, or less than a full-time job.

 

[ginnu]

Ginnu,
I posted this earlier. I think you missed it.

Reposting:


Ginnu,
A filed LC and I-140
At time of I-485, Job offer letter was also from A
I worked in A for 18 months after filing 485 and approval of I-140

All the Dates:
Started with Company A in Jan 2004
Labor filed: Mar 2004
I140 and I485 filed Jan 2005
I 140 approved May 2005
Used AC-21 on Aug 2006. I filed AC-21 with USCIS. Used offer letter from B.
I-485 approved Aug 2007
I am presently still with Company B. and would like to switch asap.

thanks for your help.

it means your I-485 was approved on the base of job offer letter of B and you should work with B for some time. you got I-485 approved on August 16 and dont leave B at this time ( if B is ready to fire you then it is ok).

 

[airberd]

Thanks Ginnu, as always you have been of tremendous help. and thanks, The RealCanadian and Jack for some valuable advice.

I am still talking to lawyers abt this to get an opinion on this. Will post results of that over here.

and Apologies to Jack abt comments yesterday. I think I misunderstood what he was saying.

and now on to work!!!! :-(