O******I
发帖数: 26 | 1 XDJM,
This year gonna be my 8th year in the USA.
Just got H1B approved with a Master degree. Can I start applying for
Greencard? Can someone share information source with me?
I heard that we can apply by ourselves, no need to hire an attorney. XDJM,
please kindly advise. Very appreciate! | a****l
发帖数: 8211 | 2 yes, you could start application at any time. Just refer to the faqs here.
You don't need an attorney, right, as long as you do all the work right.
【在 O******I 的大作中提到】
: XDJM,
: This year gonna be my 8th year in the USA.
: Just got H1B approved with a Master degree. Can I start applying for
: Greencard? Can someone share information source with me?
: I heard that we can apply by ourselves, no need to hire an attorney. XDJM,
: please kindly advise. Very appreciate!
| O******I
发帖数: 26 | 3 Thank you very much!
Do you have a ball park idea how long does the process could take?
Do those 7 some years count?
【在 a****l 的大作中提到】
: yes, you could start application at any time. Just refer to the faqs here.
: You don't need an attorney, right, as long as you do all the work right.
| s*****c
发帖数: 753 | 4 I believe you will go through PERM path instead of NIW or EB1 since you only
have master's degree.
So first, you have to persuade your company to sponsor the PERM application.
Please refer JHQ for info. You are looking at 6 months to 1 year for the
preparation, advertisement, submission, approval, if there are no surprises.
Then you can apply 140. With PERM, you should not worry about the approval.
It should be approved long before you can submit for 485. So the time it
takes doesn't matter much.
For 485, many of us here has waited for 5 years+. But I believe things are
improving and when it reaches you, you may only need to wait for 3 years to
submit your 485 from the date your PERM is approved. Might take another
year for the approval.
Lots of uncertainty involved. I would say the optimum estimate is 3-4 yrs.
【在 O******I 的大作中提到】
: Thank you very much!
: Do you have a ball park idea how long does the process could take?
: Do those 7 some years count?
| s********e
发帖数: 86 | 5 I think you can try NIW too. I have master degree and my NIW is approved
recently. | O******I
发帖数: 26 | 6 Thank you very much, Springc!!
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【在 s*****c 的大作中提到】
: I believe you will go through PERM path instead of NIW or EB1 since you only
: have master's degree.
: So first, you have to persuade your company to sponsor the PERM application.
: Please refer JHQ for info. You are looking at 6 months to 1 year for the
: preparation, advertisement, submission, approval, if there are no surprises.
: Then you can apply 140. With PERM, you should not worry about the approval.
: It should be approved long before you can submit for 485. So the time it
: takes doesn't matter much.
: For 485, many of us here has waited for 5 years+. But I believe things are
: improving and when it reaches you, you may only need to wait for 3 years to
| O******I
发帖数: 26 | 7 Thank you very much, secondhope!
【在 s********e 的大作中提到】
: I think you can try NIW too. I have master degree and my NIW is approved
: recently.
| s*****c
发帖数: 753 | 8 I really doubt how much you can gain from NIW, unless you find it is
difficult to persuade your company to apply PERM for you. It takes extra
time for PERM to approve, sure, but so does the preparation for NIW and it
has higher risk of being rejected.
【在 s********e 的大作中提到】
: I think you can try NIW too. I have master degree and my NIW is approved
: recently.
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