CASE: I-485 (EB-3)
APPLICANT: Filipina High School Science Teacher
LOCATION: McIntosh, SD
Our client has an employer willing to petition her for a third-preference petition (I-140). Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, a valid South Dakota Teaching license, and has worked for her current employer since August 2016. Based on our client’s education and work background, our office determined that she is clearly eligible for EB-3 classification for her I-140 petition. Our client eventually retained us in February 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 May 21, 2020. On September 1, 2020, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on April 19, 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, employee’s W-2 copy, and other necessary supporting documents.
The I-140 Petition was filed on May 11, 2021 via regular processing service. Eventually, on February 12, 2022, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Filipina client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE).
Once her I-140 petition was approved, she retained our office again and we filed adjustment of status applications for her and her family members. On April 12, 2022, our office filed I-485 adjustment of status applications for our clients. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment came on time. Eventually, on July 28, 2022, her green card application was approved without any RFE. Her adjustment of status application was approved less than 4 months from the filing date.