family and employment based green card simultaneously

[testthomas]

I am currently on my H1 visa. I would like to apply for green card through my US citizen sister and then also apply for green card when my employer agrees to do so in a couple of years. My questions are:

1) Do I need to pull my I130 application when I file I140 through employer or can they be both done simultaneously?

2) For green card through sibling, can I file for I485 with I130 now or do I have to do that when my date becomes current?

3) If I have to wait for my date to be current to file I485 through sibling, then what happens when I file for green card through employer? Do I file I140 and AOS at the same time or do I wait for the date to be current?

Thank you for your time and help.

[JoeF]

I-130 and I-140 are independent of each other. Both are immigrant petitions.

You should only have one I--485, though. Iif you want to change the qualifying immigrant petition for the I-485, you use what is called interfiling, i.e., amending the I-485 to use one or the other of the immigrant petitions.

[testthomas]

Thank you for your reply. Do I have to wait for my date to be current in family based/employment based in order to file I-485? Can I file I-485 along with I-130 this month when I start the green card process through sibling?