Time required for PERM/I-140 and H1 extension options

akumar2015 · October 1, 2015

Hi All,

Here is my situation.

1) I have completed 5 years on my H1 and exact one year is left.

4) My company wants to start GC process now.

3) Attorney says that PERM/I-140 approval take upto 12-15 months and we have to have I-140 approved to get extensions.

So my questions are

A) How much time in general take for PERM and I-140 approved.

B) Do we have to wait for I-140 approved to file extension for H1.

C) As worst case scenario, if I-140 is not approved and H1 expire, do I have some other options to get some time here and extensions.

Regards

Anil Kumar

Bhajagovindam · October 2, 2015

1.PERM without audit takes about 7-8 months as of today's trend. With audit can take up to 1.5 -2 years or more, never know.

2. PERM pending aproval for more than 365 days can get H1-B extensions as 1 year increments.

With an approved I-140, you can get extensions for 3 years.

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