CASE: EB-3 I-140
EMPLOYER: Oleo-chemical manufacturer company in Boston, MA
BENEFICIARY: Malaysian Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
Our client is from Malaysia. His current employer was willing to do an immigration petition for him, third-preference. Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. After talking to our client, our firm concluded that his employer can petition him as a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager. Based on our client’s education and work background, our office determined that he clearly eligible for EB-3 classification.
Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that PERM could be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. On May 2, 2018, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we obtained Prevailing Wage determination, our office filed the job order on August 14, 2018. On October 17, 2018, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on January 8, 2019, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Malaysian beneficiary.
We then proceeded with the I-140 Petition filing. We submitted the “ability to pay” letter for the I-140 petition application. We included the job offer letter, employer’s tax records, and other necessary supporting documents.
The I-140 Petition was filed on February 1, 2019 via premium processing service. Eventually, on February 14, 2019, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Malaysian client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE). He can file an I-485 adjustment of status application for his green card at any time.