vgowri Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I have an approved I-140 from a previous employer. My PD is Nov 2010. I have changed jobs a couple of times since then and thankfully my old employer has not cancelled/revoked my old I-140. Now, my current employer is starting PERM process and is about to submit PWD. My current thoughts are to get PERM approved (may be in few months) and wait till my PD gets current. Then file the new I-140 and I-485 together. I believe this gives me more flexibility because in case I have to change jobs again I can rely on my old employer to continue to hold the I-140 valid. Appreciate your thoughts. Thanks in Advance! Link to comment
rahul412 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 AFAIK, you need to file your I140 before your PERM expires and PERM expires after 6 months of approval I guess. Link to comment
JoeF Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 As Rahul said, PERM is only valid for 6 months. An I-140 has to be filed within the 6 months. Link to comment
vgowri Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Rahul and Joe, thanks for your suggestions. I did not know this before. Really appreciate it! Link to comment
nkalvaku Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Usually most employers don't revoke I140's as its gonna cost them revocation fee. Link to comment
pontevecchio Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 No revocation fee. Only the cost of a letter to USCIS. Link to comment
JoeF Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Usually most employers don't revoke I140's as its gonna cost them revocation fee. Huh? Where did you get that from? The cost is the stamp for a letter to USCIS... Link to comment
vgowri Posted February 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Say I get a new I-140 approved with my current employer. In that case, will my previous I-140 be still valid? Link to comment
rahul412 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Say I get a new I-140 approved with my current employer. In that case, will my previous I-140 be still valid? If its not revoked then yes it will be valid. But what's the need of two I140's? and why would your employer keep I140 active if you no longer work for them? Link to comment
vgowri Posted February 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Agreed I don't need two I-140s. However I associate my previous employer with being more employee friendly. I moved on by May 2012 and they still have not revoked my I-140. I moved on for Role / Pay reasons but I don't know whether my current employer will be so lenient with I-140 in case if I leave. Say, my current employer files for I-140 sometime 2016 and it get's approve with same priority (November 2010) date as my older I-140. Thus, hypothetically if I were to move from my current employer in 2017 or so, could I still rely on the approved I-140 from my old employer if the new I-140 is to be revoked? May be I am thinking too much. Thought I'd rather ask. Link to comment
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