CASE: EB-3 (I-140 / Skilled Worker)
EMPLOYER: Seafood & Steak Restaurant
BENEFICIARY: Canadian
LOCATION: Naples, FL
Our client is a Seafood & Steak restaurant in Naples, FL. They have a prospective employee from Canada and the are willing to petition him for a skilled worker, third-preference petition (I-140). Their prospective employee has more than 2 years of experience as a Mediterranean Specialty Cook. After talking to our client, our firm concluded that they can petition him as a Mediterranean Specialty Cook. Our client eventually retained us on March 3, 2020.
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 March 18, 2020, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we got the PW determination, our office filed the job order on August 19, 2020. On November 20, 2020, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on May 27, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Canadian 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 August 19, 2021 via premium processing service. Eventually, on August 31, 2021, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Canadian client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE). He can file an immigrant visa at any time.