CASE: I-140 (EB-3 Other Workers)
EMPLOYER: Fabric Manufacturer in Ohio
BENEFICIARY: Filipina General Merchandise Expert Sewer
LOCATION: Manila, Philippines
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 could petition her as a general merchandise expert sewer. Our client eventually retained us on February 28, 2019.
Before filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other important pre-PERM filing steps. On March 6, 2019, the prevailing wage request was filed. After getting the PW determination, our office filed the job order on June 26, 2019. On September 5, 2019, we filed PERM. 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 all necessary supporting documents. The I-140 Petition was filed via regular processing service on February 21, 2020. On April 15, 2020, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Filipina client was approved.
She retained our office again for her immigrant visa. Once we were retained, our office filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center on January 13, 2021, which in turn forwarded the client’s materials to the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines. An interview notice was set for the client at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, which our client attended. The interview went well, and the Embassy approved and issued her immigrant visa. With the approved Immigrant Visa, our client can come to the United States immediately, and she will get her green card within two months of entry.