CASE: I-140 (EB-3)
EMPLOYER: Heavy Equipment Rental Company
BENEFICIARY: Filipino Warehouse Supervisory Training Specialist
LOCATION: Christiansted, VI
Our client is from the Philippines. His prospective employer was willing to do an immigration petition for him, third-preference. Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Education. His employer can petition him as a Warehouse Supervisory Training 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 17, 2020, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we obtained the Prevailing Wage determination, our office filed the job order on April 15, 2021. On September 24, 2021, we filed PERM. On March 30, 2022, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 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, employee’s W-2 copy, and other necessary supporting documents.
The I-140 Petition was filed on May 4, 2022 via regular processing. On September 2, 2022, the USCIS issued a Request for Evidence (RFE) and requested our client to submit the employer’s most recent tax record to prove its ability to pay. Our office filed the Response to RFE on October 7, 2022. On October 18, 2022, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Filipino client was approved.