CASE: EB-2 / I-140
EMPLOYER: IT Consulting Company
BENEFICIARY: Indian Computer Systems Analyst
LOCATION: Jacksonville, FL
Our client is a computer systems analyst from India, who is currently working at an IT consulting company in Jacksonville, Florida who was willing to do an immigration petition for him for a second-preference petition (I-140 EB-2). Our client has a Master of Science degree in Computer Information Systems and has worked for this company under H-1B status. After talking to our client, our firm concluded that his employer can petition him as a Computer Systems Analyst II. Based on our client’s educational, professional and working background, our office determined that he is clearly eligible for the EB-2 classification for his I-140 petition.
Prior to filing PERM labor certification, 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 Labor Certification application could be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Once retained, our office filed the prevailing wage request in April 2015. On October 16, 2015, we filed the PERM labor certification application. Eventually, on March 24, 2016, less than 6 months from filing, the PERM labor certification was approved – an EB2 position for the Indian Computer Systems Analyst.
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 August 2, 2016 via regular processing service. Eventually, on October 6, 2016, the I-140 EB-2 Petition for our Indian client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE). Our client can file his I-485 adjustment of status application once his priority date becomes current.