CASE: Adjustment of Status (I-485) / I-140 (EB-2)
EMPLOYER: Egyptian Periodontist
LOCATION: Cleveland, OH
Our Egyptian client worked in the United States on an OPT as an associate periodontist. His current employer was willing to do an immigration petition for him, second-preference. Our client has a dentistry degree in Egypt which is evaluated as Doctor of Dental Medicine degree in the United States. He also has a license to practice dentistry in the state of Ohio and has 3 years of residency training in periodontics. Based on our client’s education and work, our office determined that he is 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 August 18, 2017, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we obtained Prevailing Wage determination, our office filed the job order on November 1, 2017. On January 16, 2018, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on May 18, 2018, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB2 position for the Egyptian 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 June 1, 2018, via premium processing service. Eventually, on June 8, 2018, the I-140 EB-2 Petition for our Egyptian client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE).
When we filed his I-140, he concurrently filed his I-485 adjustment of status application. Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our client at our office as well. On September 11, 2018, our client was interviewed at Cleveland Ohio USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our client as well. However, the priority date of Eb-2 category for the Egyptian national backlogged. Our client had to wait until the priority date becomes current. In October 2018, his priority date becomes current. Eventually, his I-485 application was approved by the USCIS on November 23, 2018.