Help on Green Card / Confused

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seattle24

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Dear Immigration Gurus and members,

I have been reading this great forum for a few months and this is a great resource.

I am currently working with my first H1-B visa. I got it in April 2007 and valid til April 2010. I am planing on talking to my employer about the possibility on being sponsored for my green card. Before I do this I would like to know the current (total) estimated time to get the green card (PERM and all the other processes). I know that there is a link for this but I am confused since I have seem posts where people spend like 7 YEARS to get a GC by employment, which I find ridiculous amount of time!!

I read that finally there is no backlog for GC, meaning that no longer we should wait for YEARS to get a GC by employment. So according to this the process should take no longer than one year. I don't know if this is true and that is why I am posting this.

My H1-B is EB2 and I have 7 years of experience and a MS degree. My Visa will expire in April 2010, when is the latest I should talk to my employer on getting my GC? Is it possible to get the GC before my visa expires? :eek: We want to save money on renewing a visa, so the GC option is better.

Thank you so much for your help on this regard.:rolleyes:

Best:D

Seattle24
 
Lot depends on your country of birth and your wifes country.
I would earlier the better regardless. The immigration situation here in this country seems to be getting worse every year with unexpected delays etc. I would say start now. If you ( or your wife) are not from a retrogressed country, then you could get the GC otherwise it could take longer.

Good Luck !
 
Thanks for your reply MDGUTS1307!!

I come from Dominican Republic in the Caribbean. And I don't have a wife, I am single.

Yes, it is very uncertain situation right know with immigration and not even lawyers know for sure if it is possible to get green cards now:(

Best Regards!:D

Seattle24
 
I suspect you will qualify under the ROW category which means the EB-2 is current for you.
I would say this is the best time go ahead and apply if you can. You never know what will happen to visa numbers down the road and EB2 for ROW could easily retrogress !
 
Thanks again MDGUTS1307!

All right, I will talk to my employeer ASAP about this. I have more than 2 years valid H1B, so that should be good at least for the longer process of the application which is the labor certification PERM.:rolleyes:

Regards:D

Seattle24
 
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