CASE: EB-3 I-140
EMPLOYER: School
BENEFICIARY: Filipina Middle School Science Teacher
LOCATION: Mt. Clemens, MI
Our client has a current employer that was willing to petition for a third-preference I-140. Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Education, a valid Michigan Teaching license, and has worked for her current employer since May 2018. Based on our client’s education and credentials, our office determined that she is eligible for EB-3 classification for her I-140 petition. Our client retained us in October 2019.
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 only 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 assisted the Petitioner to file the job order on June 26, 2020. On October 12, 2020, we filed PERM. Eventually, on May 3, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 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 2, 2021 via regular processing. On June 17, 2022, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Filipina client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE).