CASE: I-485 Adjustment of Status
APPLICANT: Canadian Dentist in Cleveland, OH
Our client is from Canada, who is currently working in the United States as an associate dentist on an H-1B status. His current employer was willing to do an immigration petition for him, second-preference. Our client has a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree in the United States. After talking to our client, our firm concluded that his employer can petition him as an associate dentist. Based on our client’s education and work background, our office determined that he is clearly eligible for EB-2 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 December 10, 2019, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we obtained the Prevailing Wage determination, our office filed the job order on April 1, 2020. On June 8, 2020, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on December 16, 2020, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB2 position for the Canadian 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 January 14, 2021 via regular processing service. We also filed his I-485 adjustment of status application simultaneously since his priority date was current. On April 14, 2021, our office filed a premium processing upgrade request to the USCIS upon our client’s request. On April 26, 2021, the I-140 EB2 Petition for our Canadian client was approved. Eventually, on March 14, 2022, his I-485 adjustment of status application was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE).