Travel or work outside US after I-140 /EB-2/ NIW

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Blue007

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Hii all,
First I would like to thank you all for providing information to the questions I asked in the previous thread which is of immense help.

I hope you people will clear my cloud of thoughts regarding following question.

1. Can I travel or work outside US once I file my I-140 EB-2 (NIW)?
2. Will it affect the processing if I work or travel extensively outside US?
3. And approx. how long it takes to approve and get GC for EB-2 (NIW) for a normal case (For an Indian citizen)?

thanks all
 
You can work outside the US with I-140/NIW pending. Thats not a problem. It takes a year or so to get the I-140 approved. After that you wait a few years for your priority date to become current and then you can apply for consular processing to get an immigrant visa.
 
Thanks NSCAgony. I had a similar question posted here before because I was (am) getting good offers from outside the US.
 
Gurus,
I want to get your advice. I do not want to start a new thread. mine is also similar to this situation.
I am planning to go back to India (not so sure). However, I already applied under EB1-OR. since I may be leaving US, EB1-OR case can be considered abandoned because it is tied to the employer. Is it true?

I am also planning to apply under NIW (which I think may be worth) too as a back up. I Have the materials, but not yet applied.

If I apply and leave the country (assuming I am not coming back for few years), what are the chances of my case getting approved?
Once I leave US, is it considered I abandon the case?
What I will have to do for change of address?
Can a foreign address be used? or should I have to give one of my friend's address?

Can I-485 be filed from outside US? or should I have to do consular processing?
Being in a foreign country can I still justify my presence is important for NIW?
by the way I am from NSC area.
TIA for the help.
 
EB1-OR is for future employment. As long you still want to work for that employer after your approval, and the employer still wants to hire you, the EB1-OR petition is not abandoned. Years ago when these laws were written the idea behind them was to bypass H1 completely for permanent job offers. You offer a job to a foreigner, file EB petition and a couple weeks later the person starts working in the US as a permanent resident. Of course this never materialized like this since USCIS and its equally incompetent predecessor organizations managed to create year-long backlogs.
 
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