CASE: I-485 Adjustment of Status / I-140 (EB-2)
CLIENT: Korean Associate Dentist
Our client is from South Korea, who is currently working in the United States as an associate dentist under H-1B status. Her current employer was willing to do an immigration petition for her, second-preference. Our client has a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree in the United States. After talking to our client, our firm concluded that her employer can petition her as an associate dentist. Based on our client’s education and work background, our office determined that she 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 February 10, 2017, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we obtained Prevailing Wage determination, our office filed the job order on May 16, 2017. On August 4, 2017, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on December 21, 2017, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB2 position for the Korean 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 11, 2018 via premium processing service. Eventually, on January 22, 2018, the I-140 EB-2 Petition for our Korean client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE).
Once her I-140 petition was approved, she retained our office again and determined to file an adjustment of status application for her. On February 9, 2018, our office filed an I-485 adjustment of status application for our client. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment came on time.
Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our client via conference call as well. On June 18, 2018, our client was interviewed at Cleveland Ohio USCIS office. Attorney JP Sarmiento from our office also accompanied our client as well. Eventually, on June 19, 2018, her green card application was approved.