Hi,
my H1B expires next year end of October.
I live in California.
I am in the process of changing to a new employer.
They'll file my H1B transfer immediately.
No issues there.
Now for my Green Card application they are saying:
1) they can only file for my Green Card in December because they can only file in "batch". I was under the impression that if they don't file for my green card at least one year before my H1B expires I can not extend my H1B next year (year by year) when it expires. Am I missing something? They mention that after filing the batch in December they'll have my labor certification within 4 to 5 months.
2) they also say that they will immediately file an I-140 petition based on a pre-approved labor cert that they have. And that this will allow them to file a 7th year extension on my behalf in October of 2005 should we need to do so. Is this correct?
3) and finally they say if everything else should go wrong they can still file an extension next year based on my current Green Card process I have going with my current employer (started 2 years ago but no LC yet - not even close).
All of this almost sounds too good - too easy.
If anybody can tell me whether the story of my potential new employer is correct - I'd appreciate it. I don't want to be risking my future in the US.
Thanks a lot,
S.
my H1B expires next year end of October.
I live in California.
I am in the process of changing to a new employer.
They'll file my H1B transfer immediately.
No issues there.
Now for my Green Card application they are saying:
1) they can only file for my Green Card in December because they can only file in "batch". I was under the impression that if they don't file for my green card at least one year before my H1B expires I can not extend my H1B next year (year by year) when it expires. Am I missing something? They mention that after filing the batch in December they'll have my labor certification within 4 to 5 months.
2) they also say that they will immediately file an I-140 petition based on a pre-approved labor cert that they have. And that this will allow them to file a 7th year extension on my behalf in October of 2005 should we need to do so. Is this correct?
3) and finally they say if everything else should go wrong they can still file an extension next year based on my current Green Card process I have going with my current employer (started 2 years ago but no LC yet - not even close).
All of this almost sounds too good - too easy.
If anybody can tell me whether the story of my potential new employer is correct - I'd appreciate it. I don't want to be risking my future in the US.
Thanks a lot,
S.