CASE: I-140 (EB-3)
EMPLOYER: Care Center in Houston, TX
BENEFICIARY: Filipino Information Technology Director in the Philippines
Our client has a prospective employer that as willing to petition for a third-preference I-140. Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and currently works for an IT consulting company in the Philippines. Based on our client’s education and work background, our office determined that he is eligible for EB-3 classification for his I-140 petition. Our client eventually retained us in February 2016.
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 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, the job order was filed on April 28, 2020. On July 7, 2020, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on February 11, 2021, 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, employer’s tax records, and other necessary supporting documents.
The I-140 Petition was filed on April 6, 2021 via regular processing service. Eventually, on October 25, 2021, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Filipino client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE).