Relocation after green card, valid reason to quit,JOEF and others help

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hyderabadi1

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My employer wants me to relocate as I am on bench. I got my green card approved about 4 months back and got plastic card about 3 months back. I would like to stay in the same place because of my wife\'s job ans son\'s education. Can I quit now, is relocation valid reason to quit. does this cause any future problems. your feedback is appreciated
 
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Some questions that come to mind are: is relocation specified in your contract? Was your I140 applied for a specific location or more general? Did you relocate before? How about other people in your company?

What\'s the likelihood of finding a contract in the new location? Will your employer pay for your moving costs? These type of questions will help you understand if your employer really needs you or if rather he/she just trying to push you out the door.
 
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There is no specific contract. The company is a consulting company with branches all over USA. I 140 also is general. it says I am assigned to a branch and can work any where. Relocation and other assistance may be possible but not assured due to economy.Comany says it has ready assignments in other places but again has to go through client interview/ other branch interviews etc.. these are tentative ones. If I give my willingness to relocate he will search at other places. I have Never relocated before. Other people on waiting list for green card are of course have no choice to relocation, so they move in this economy.
 
2centsof advise

First thing is do you have a job in hand to quit? In this market getting a job is hard. After long wait i got a job.
Second is never initiate anything from your side. The reason is u will be ineligible for Unemployment benfits and may have problems
during citizenship. It\'s hard to judge, but my 2 cents is \'be safe that to be sorry".

Good Luck...........
 
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Well, to me it doesn\'t look like you can quit just because of the relocation. Will you harm your employer if you leave? If not maybe you can work out something with them.

Alternatively you could give the employer a chance and see what they will find for you, if anything. For a couple of month you may be able to commute to work (come back home in the weekends) and see what develops.

Sorry, no clear cut advice for you. Life is interesting.
 
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