CASE: I-485 Adjustment of Status (EB-3)
EMPLOYER: School
BENEFICIARY: Filipina Middle School Science Teacher
LOCATION: Mt. Clemens, MI
Our client’s employer was willing to do an I-140 Petition for her. Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Education, a valid Michigan Teaching license, and has worked for her current employer since May 2018. Based on our client’s education and credentials, our office determined that she is eligible for EB-3 classification for her I-140 petition. Our client retained us in October 2019.
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 the PERM application could only be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we obtained the PW determination, our office assisted the Petitioner to file the job order on June 26, 2020. On October 12, 2020, we filed PERM. On May 3, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipina beneficiary.
We proceeded with the I-140 Petition. We submitted the “ability to pay” letter for the I-140. We included the job offer letter, employer’s tax records, and other supporting documents. The I-140 was filed on July 2, 2021. On June 17, 2022, the I-140 EB3 Petition was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE).
We filed the I-485 adjustment of status concurrently with the I-140 petition. Our office prepared and filed her and her family members’ I-485 applications to the USCIS on October 29, 2021 along with the I-140 petition. On October 26, 2022, our clients’ adjustment of status applications were approved by the USCIS without any Request for Evidence (RFE).