HELP on Green Card / PERM (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? :rolleyes:Is it possible to get the GC before my visa expires? :confused: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.

Best

Seattle24
 
What country are you from? Yes, 7 years is a healthy estimate for the entire process. You are able to extend your H1 for an additional 3 years based on an approved I-140. The backlog has been re-instated in the I-485 process, so yes, you will have to wait a long while more than likely. The best thing to do is to start the process immediately to secure a priority date.
 
Hello st4rguitar!

Thanks a bunch for your useful help!

I did not mean 7 years of wait time for the GC processing, I did mean that I have 7 years of experience.

Isn't 7 years too much time for a green card? Somebody told my that for my case it should be much less time like 2 to 3 years. I am from Dominican Republic so I am in the rest of the world, don't know currently but ROW use to be current priority. My employer is willing to start the process right away so I hope I can get it before my visa expires in 2010. However this is my perception, I am not a lawyer so please correct me if I am wrong.

Thank you again for your kind help on my case.
 
seattle24 said:
Hello st4rguitar!

Isn't 7 years too much time for a green card? Somebody told my that for my case it should be much less time like 2 to 3 years. I am from Dominican Republic so I am in the rest of the world, don't know currently but ROW use to be current priority. My employer is willing to start the process right away so I hope I can get it before my visa expires in 2010.
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I assume Dominican Republic is current in your category you'll be applying for. If that's the case, if things are done timely, you can have it in one year with CP.
 
Thanks m_img,

That is what I am thinking. So if this is correct I guess that in my case the PERM process for the certification of labor will be the step that will take most of the time. I wonder why this PERM cert process is so slow, can't the government just hire more people? :p
 
It is not merely to hire more people that would solve the retrogression and that's an extremely ignorant comment. The problem is in the government's eyes that there are too many people coming in, hence the visa retrogression.
If you are not from one of the major countries (India, Mainland China, Phillippines) then you will likely receive your GC much faster than anyone from those countries.
 
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