CASE: I-140 (EB-2)
EMPLOYER: Civil Engineering Company in California
BENEFICIARY: Filipino Building Project Engineer Manager
Our client is from the Philippines. His prospective employer was willing to do an immigration petition for him, second-preference. Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and has more than 5 years of work experience as a Design and Structural Engineer. After talking to our client, our firm concluded that his employer can petition him as a Building Project Engineer Manager. 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 January 30, 2017, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we obtained Prevailing Wage determination, our office filed the job order on April 26, 2017. On September 18, 2017, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on March 8, 2018, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB2 position for the Filipino 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 April 13, 2018 via premium processing service. Eventually, on April 19, 2018, the I-140 EB2 Petition for our Filipino client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE).