CASE: I-140 (EB-3 Other Workers)
EMPLOYER: Fabric Manufacturer
BENEFICIARY: Filipina General Merchandise Expert Sewer
LOCATION: Chagrin Falls, OH
Our client is a fabric manufacturer in Ohio. They have a prospective employee from the Philippines and they were willing to petition her for a skilled worker, third-preference petition (I-140). Their prospective employee has more than 2 years of experience as a sewer. After talking to our client, our firm concluded that they can petition her as a general merchandise expert sewer. Our client eventually retained us on February 28, 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 PERM could be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. On March 6, 2019, the prevailing wage request was filed. After we got the PW determination, our office filed the job order on June 26, 2019. On September 5, 2019, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on December 13, 2019, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipina 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 February 21, 2020 via regular processing service. Eventually, on April 15, 2020, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Filipina client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE). She can file an immigrant visa once her priority date becomes current.