CASE: I-140 (EB-2 Category)
EMPLOYER: Taekwondo (Martial Arts) School
BENEFICIARY: Korean
LOCATION: Akron, Ohio
Our client is a prominent Taekwondo master who is working as a Taekwondo coach. He had a Taekwondo school willing to do a second-preference petition (I-140) for him. Our client has a Bachelors and Masters degree in a related field and has more than 5 years of coaching experience. Although he had maintained his status as an O-1 visa holder in the United States, his previous green card application (Based on the EB-11 category) was denied two years ago.
After talking to our client, our firm decided that his potential employer can petition him as a Taekwondo Head Coach. Second preference petitions for Koreans are current, which means that if a PERM Labor Certification for a second preference position gets approved, the I-140 and I-485 could be filed simultaneously. Based on our client’s educational, professional and working background, our office determined that he is clearly eligible for EB-2 classification. Our client eventually retained us for his PERM labor certification in March, 2011.
As we stated in a previous success story, his PERM Labor Certification was approved on October 25, 2011. After the PERM approval, our client retained us again for the I-140 petition.
We then proceeded with the I-140 Petition filing. One of the main requirements for the I-140 is that the petitioning company must show that it has the ability to pay the proffered wage for the beneficiary’s position. The adjusted gross income was not enough, thus, we attached the tax return schedule that showed the net current assets of the Petitioner, which was over the minimum requirement. We included the job offer letter, employment verification letters from our client’s previous employers, and other necessary supporting documents. The I-140 Petition was filed on December 5, 2011 via premium processing. On December 15, 2011, in only ten days, the I-140 EB2 for our Korean client was approved.
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