CASE:I-485 Adjustment of Status / I-140 (EB-3)
EMPLOYER: E-Commerce Merchandiser Employer in Dallas, TX
APPLICANT: Korean E-Business Operations Specialist in Lewisville, TX
Our client is from South Korea and his prospective employer was willing to do an immigration petition for him, third-preference. Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. After talking to our client, our firm concluded that his employer can petition him as an E-Business Operations Specialist. Based on our client’s education and work background, our office determined that he is eligible for EB-3 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 November 22, 2016, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we obtained Prevailing Wage determination, our office filed the job order on July 10, 2017. On September 13, 2017, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on June 25, 2018, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 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 July 17, 2018 via premium processing service. Eventually, on August 2, 2018, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Korean client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE).
Once his I-140 petition was approved, he retained our office again and determined to file an adjustment of status application for him and his wife. On August 23, 2018, our office filed an I-485 adjustment of status application for our client and his wife. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment came on time.
Prior to the interview, we thoroughly prepared our client via conference calls as well. On June 27, 2019, our client was interviewed at Dallas Texas USCIS office. Attorney Sung Hee (Glen) Yu from our office also accompanied our clients as well. Eventually, on the same day of the interview, their I-485 applications were approved by the USCIS.