I-485 And Company Acquisition

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mdawane

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I FILED MY I-485 ON MAY 13TH THIS YEAR AND AFTER 2 MONTHS MY COMPANY WAS TAKEN OVER BY ANOTHER COMPANY. I ASKED THE COMPANY LAWYER WHETHER A NEW I-140 OR AN AMMENDMENT WAS NEED FOR MY CASE BUT THEY SAY IT IS NOT NEEDED BECAUSE THE INTENTION OF FUTURE EMPLOYEMNT IS THERE, I EVEN ASKED MY LAWYER ABOUT THIS BUT HE ALSO SAYS THE SAME.

ANYBODY IN THE SAME BOAT .
 
I am in the same boat. Your lawyer is probably right. There are few opinions about company mergers and aquisitions. Check on murhty.com for some view. But in summary,

1- One opinion says, the new company may be considered a "successor in interest" which meas that they automatically sponsor and assume responsibility for the immigration petitions filed by the old company. However, this depends on how the merger was executed. So your company lawyer should be able to advice on this.

2- Another opinion says an I-140 "amendment" is needed (again depending on the nature of the merger). The amendment is only to show the name change of the company based on the merger. It is simple, but as every thing with the US CIS, it may take about three months.

In my case, my lawyer is going by the "successor in interest" argument.

I hope I had helped !!
 
Thanks Wella even my Company Lawyer and My Lawyer says the same thing but i just wanted to be sure that "successor in interest" is an valid argument and they are not jsut bluffing
 
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