CASE: EB-2 I-485
EMPLOYER: Public School District
APPLICANT: Filipina Elementary Special Education Teacher in Laughlin, NV
Our client has a current employer that was willing to petition for a second-preference I-140. Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Education, a valid Arizona Teaching license, and has more than 5 years of experience as a Special Education Teacher. Based on our client’s education and work background, our office determined that she is eligible for EB-2 classification for her I-140 petition. Our client eventually retained us in May 2020.
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 the PERM application could be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on October 15, 2020. On January 8, 2021, we filed PERM. On July 6, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved without any audit – an EB2 position for the Filipina 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 July 29, 2021 via premium processing service. However, on August 5, 2021, the USCIS issued a Request for Evidence (RFE) and requested our client to submit her past experience verification letter from her former employer in the Philippines. Our office filed the Response to RFE on August 10, 2021. On August 19, 2021, the I-140 EB2 Petition for our Filipina client was approved.
Once her I-140 petition was approved, she retained our office again for the adjustment of status applications for her and her immediate family members. On September 10, 2021, our office filed the I-485 adjustment of status applications. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment came on time. Eventually, on December 10, 2021, she and her family members’ green card applications were approved. Her adjustment of status application was approved within 3 months from the filing date.