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On 8/11/2019 at 7:03 PM, designguy said:

As @Boiler said the first step is talking to your employer. If they agree the next step would be for the employer to retain a lawyer and begin getting a labor certification. What kind of qualifications do you need for your job? For the labor certification (PERM) your company will need to actively recruit an american worker for your position. If they find a qualified american they have to have a VERY good reason to not offer them the position. Seeing how you are in NYC which there are alot of people with PM background this might be a difficult step for the company to overcome being able to show they were not able to find a qualified american. Lets say everything goes well once the recruitment period and cooling off period are done then the labor certification can be applied for. If no audit occurs you are looking at 4-6 months. If you get an audit more like 6-10 months till everything is done. Note that any fees associated with this process (IE laywer, job posting, application fees) must be COMPLETELY paid for by the company. The company may not receive any compensation from the employee for this

 

Once you have the PERM the company can apply for an I-140 (Petition for an Immigrant Worker). The company can decide to premium process or standard process. With PP if no RFE you should have an answer within 15 business days. If you dont PP then it will take about 6 months to adjudicate.

 

Once your I-140 is approved if you are in the US you can choose adjustment of status or if you are outside the country you will have to go for consular processing. If you dos AOS then uscis will handle the case and you will have to make an appointment. I think they are taking between 6-12 months to get it done depending on where you are. If you do consular processing then the petition will be forwarded to the National Visa Center who will then review your documents and forward to your home country embassy/consulate for the interview.

 

 

All in all you should expect it to take about 1-2 years from start to finish. A good immigration laywer for the whole process will be around $10,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for all this, super helpful! I'm not entirely sure about the EB category, HR and the lawyer dealt with everything until approval and I had to go to the embassy for an interview.

I'm not interested in hearing about negative thoughts/feedback around this. Again, I'm aware that my employer is likely to say no. My question is not around that, it's related to the process around it so anyone who is able to help with this, I'm happy to hear from as I want help in how I can get this moving. Not thoughts on why it wouldn't work.

I'm Swedish and am working for a British company that I've been with for the past 4 years. I transferred to NYC from London in May this year. My title is Lead Project Manager and I'm working on the processes for the department globally. I'm not managing anyone in the US at the moment as I'm the only one in my area in our office here.

Thanks, I'm aware of all of this and that it might not be something they agree on.

However, my question is still the same and I'd like to know approximate timeframes and cost involved to make this change to my visa. Do you have any information on this?

I'm gonna discuss it with my employer once I know a bit more of the process.

Hi, I'm currently on a L1A visa and have started looking into the possibility to transferring to a Green Card instead. It says online that the L1A is the easiest one (still long process etc.) to get a Green Card through. Has anyone gone through this process and can tell me more about it? What is the cost and time it took for you to receive your Green Card after applying?