My Gc Timeline Make Sense?

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11111122

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I am working here under TN, and I am going to start my PERM application next month. I just want to make sure this is the right proceddures:


1) End of May: get prevailing wage

2) June 2006: place job work order, and recruitment (it takes around 3 to 4
months to get PERM approved). Can I change my TN to H1B at the same time (I heard H1B need ~3months). and also can I use PERM LC to apply H1B?

By the way after Oct, 2006, I can use 2007 H1B quota. Is that right? My TN is going to expire on Jun 2007. On the H1B application, can I write down the expecting start date any time after 01/01/07?

3) After get H1B (hopefully, it's in 45 days of PERM approved), so I get filed my I-140 and I-485?

Are those right steps to do my GC application?
Any comments and info are very welcome.

Thank you very much in advance.
 
11111122 said:
I am working here under TN, and I am going to start my PERM application next month. I just want to make sure this is the right proceddures:


1) End of May: get prevailing wage

2) June 2006: place job work order, and recruitment (it takes around 3 to 4
months to get PERM approved). Can I change my TN to H1B at the same time (I heard H1B need ~3months). and also can I use PERM LC to apply H1B?

By the way after Oct, 2006, I can use 2007 H1B quota. Is that right? My TN is going to expire on Jun 2007. On the H1B application, can I write down the expecting start date any time after 01/01/07?

3) After get H1B (hopefully, it's in 45 days of PERM approved), so I get filed my I-140 and I-485?

Are those right steps to do my GC application?
Any comments and info are very welcome.

Thank you very much in advance.
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1) Sure.
2) You can apply for H-1B now. Your start date can not be more than 6 months away.

PERM LC and H-1B have nothing to do with each other - in your case.

3) Yes, you can apply for I-140/I-485 after your H-1B is approved if you are not from a retrogressed country.
 
Thank you

Thank you Justwatching! By the way, which country is retrogressed country? How about China?
 
11111122 said:
Thank you Justwatching! By the way, which country is retrogressed country? How about China?
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For China

EB-2 is retrogressed to January 1, 2004.
EB-3 is retrogressed to May 1, 2001.

But I am a bit confused, if you have a TN, where are you from?
 
JustWatching said:
But I am a bit confused, if you have a TN, where are you from?
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One can qualify for a TN by being a naturalized Canadian citizen, but as you know priority dates are determined by your country of birth.
 
what ?

So if I am canadian citizen born in India, I am still affected by Retrocrap?

I have seen before on this forum about Canadian Landed immigrant applying for EB2 and EB3 CP in Montreal...
 
Sand_999 said:
So if I am canadian citizen born in India, I am still affected by Retrocrap?
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Yes, you would be held to the priority dates given for India.
Sand_999 said:
I have seen before on this forum about Canadian Landed immigrant applying for EB2 and EB3 CP in Montreal...
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What does that have to do with your first question. One can apply at any consular office, but it would be inconvenient if say, you needed a tourist visa to get into the country where you wanted to do your consular interview. A Canadian landed immigrant can get into Canada without a tourist visa, so it would be convenient to go to Montreal rather than to travel back to one's home country.
 
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