Hello,
I am working as a Software Engineer at a Fortune 500 company. I have H1B status. My employer has filed for labor certification but it has been pending for over four years. Also, with visa retrogression I am worried that it might take a long time to get my green card. I am thinking of applying for the NIW I-140 with my education and experience. Below is the summary of my qualifications. I would greatly appreciate it if you could evaluate it and let me know if this is a good case:
* BS in Computer Science
* MS in Computer Science with research assistantship position
providing full tuition waiver and monthly stipend
* Worked on research projects funded by National Institute of Justice and
State Department of Law Enforcement
* 90+ percentile scores in quantitative and analytical sections in GRE test
* 3 publications
* 1 conference presentation by invitation
* Working in a multi-state power distribution company with
responsibility in development and support of their critical systems
* Received appreciation letter from CIO of the company for
excellent support following hurricane Katrina
* Victim of hurricane Katrina
* 8 years work experience with specialization in
geographic information systems
* Reference letter from professor
* Reference letter from employer
Since I already have a labor certification pending, if my NIW I-140 gets denied will it affect my H1B status and/or labor certification and I-140/485 based on the labor certification ?
Any suggestion and/or advice would be very helpful for me. Thank you very much for reviewing my case.
I am working as a Software Engineer at a Fortune 500 company. I have H1B status. My employer has filed for labor certification but it has been pending for over four years. Also, with visa retrogression I am worried that it might take a long time to get my green card. I am thinking of applying for the NIW I-140 with my education and experience. Below is the summary of my qualifications. I would greatly appreciate it if you could evaluate it and let me know if this is a good case:
* BS in Computer Science
* MS in Computer Science with research assistantship position
providing full tuition waiver and monthly stipend
* Worked on research projects funded by National Institute of Justice and
State Department of Law Enforcement
* 90+ percentile scores in quantitative and analytical sections in GRE test
* 3 publications
* 1 conference presentation by invitation
* Working in a multi-state power distribution company with
responsibility in development and support of their critical systems
* Received appreciation letter from CIO of the company for
excellent support following hurricane Katrina
* Victim of hurricane Katrina
* 8 years work experience with specialization in
geographic information systems
* Reference letter from professor
* Reference letter from employer
Since I already have a labor certification pending, if my NIW I-140 gets denied will it affect my H1B status and/or labor certification and I-140/485 based on the labor certification ?
Any suggestion and/or advice would be very helpful for me. Thank you very much for reviewing my case.