CASE: H-1B Visa Extension
PETITIONER:  Public School District in Mohave Valley, AZ
BENEFICIARY: Filipina Elementary School Teacher

Our client is a Public School District in Mohave Valley, AZ. They contacted our office in May 2021 to seek legal assistance from our office for their foreign employee’s H-1B extension.  The beneficiary obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education. The proffered position for the Beneficiary is an Elementary School Teacher which qualifies as a specialty occupation. This proffered position is a “specialty occupation” because the minimum requirements for this position are a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education or its equivalent.  The Beneficiary has worked for her employer under H-1B status since August 2018.   

Upon retention, our office filed the H-1B visa petition with various supporting documents on June 14, 2021 via regular processing. Eventually, our client’s H-1B application was approved on February 25, 2022.  Her H-1B is good until June 30, 2024.

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CASE: I-140 (EB-3)

EMPLOYER: Public School District

BENEFICIARY: Filipina High School General Science Teacher

LOCATION: Casa Grande, AZ

Our client has an employer that as willing to do an I-140 Petition. Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Geology, a valid Arizona Teaching license, and has worked for her current employer since August 2016. Based on our client’s education and work background, our office determined that she is eligible for EB-3 classification for her I-140 petition.  We were retained in April 2020.

Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM application could be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed.  After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on August 19, 2020.  On December 4, 2020, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on August 18, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipina beneficiary. 

We then proceeded with the I-140 Petition filing. We submitted the “ability to pay” letter for the I-140 petition application. We included the job offer letter, employee’s W-2 copy, and other necessary supporting documents.

The I-140 Petition was filed on August 31, 2021 via regular processing service. Eventually, on February 8, 2022, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Filipina client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE).

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CASE: I-140 (EB-3)

EMPLOYER: Public School District

BENEFICIARY: Filipina High School Math Teacher

LOCATION: Casa Grande, AZ

Our client has a current employer that was willing to petition for a third-preference I-140.  Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Education, a valid Arizona Teaching license, and has worked for her current employer since August 2015. Based on our client’s education and credentials, our office determined that she is eligible for EB-3 classification for her I-140 petition.  Our client retained us in September 2019.

Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM application could only be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed.  After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on February 6, 2020.  On April 13, 2020, we filed PERM. 

On September 24, 2020, the Department of Labor issued an audit request. The DOL requested documents from the Petitioner to determine whether the recruitment process was done properly. In response to the Audit request, our office prepared the response to Audit brief along with Employer’s declaration, notice of filing, and recruitment documentation on October 16, 2020. Eventually, on March 22, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipina beneficiary.

We then proceeded with the I-140 Petition filing. We submitted the “ability to pay” letter for the I-140 petition application. We included the job offer letter, employee’s W-2 copy, and other necessary supporting documents.

The I-140 Petition was filed on April 6, 2021 via regular processing service. Eventually, on January 27, 2022, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Filipina client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE).

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CASE: I-140 (EB-3)

EMPLOYER: Public School District

BENEFICIARY: Filipina High School Math Teacher

LOCATION: Casa Grande, AZ

Our client has a current employer that was willing to petition for a third-preference I-140.  Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Education, a valid Arizona Teaching license, and has worked for her current employer since August 2015. Based on her education and credentials, our office determined that she is eligible for EB-3 classification for her I-140 petition.  Our client retained us in September 2019.

Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM application could only be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed.  After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on February 10, 2020.  On April 20, 2020, we promptly filed PERM. 

On September 24, 2020, the Department of Labor issued a request for audit. The DOL requested documents from the Petitioner to determine whether the recruitment process was done properly. In response to the Audit request, our office prepared the response to Audit brief along with Employer’s declaration, notice of filing, and recruitment documentation on October 16, 2020. Eventually, on March 22, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipina beneficiary.

We then proceeded with the I-140 Petition filing. We submitted the “ability to pay” letter for the I-140 petition application. We included the job offer letter, employee’s W-2 copy, and other necessary supporting documents.

The I-140 Petition was filed on April 9, 2021 via regular processing. On January 27, 2022, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Filipina client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE). 

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CASE: I-140 (EB-3)

EMPLOYER: Public School District

BENEFICIARY: Filipina High School Physical Science Teacher

LOCATION: Casa Grande, AZ

Our client has a current employer that was willing to petition for a third-preference I-140.  Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Education, a valid Arizona Teaching license, and has worked for her current employer since September 2015. Based on her education and credentials, our office determined that she is eligible for EB-3 classification for her I-140 petition.  Our client retained us in September 2019.

Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM application could only be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed.  After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on February 7, 2020.  On April 16, 2020, we filed PERM. 

On September 24, 2020, the Department of Labor issued a request for audit. The DOL requested documents from the Petitioner to determine whether the recruitment process was done properly. In response to the Audit request, our office prepared the response to Audit brief along with Employer’s declaration, notice of filing, and recruitment documentation on October 20, 2020.  On March 22, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipina beneficiary.

We then proceeded with the I-140 Petition filing. We submitted the “ability to pay” letter for the I-140 petition application. We included the job offer letter, employee’s W-2 copy, and other necessary supporting documents.

The I-140 Petition was filed on April 9, 2021 via regular processing. On January 27, 2022, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Filipina client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE).

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CASE: I-140 (EB-3)

EMPLOYER: Public School District

BENEFICIARY: Filipino High School Physics Teacher

LOCATION: Casa Grande, AZ

Our client has a current employer that was willing to petition for him (I-140).  Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Physics for Teachers, a valid Arizona Teaching license, and has worked for his current employer since August 2016. Based on his education and credentials, our office determined that he is eligible for EB-3 classification for his I-140 petition.  Our client retained us in April 2020.

Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM application could only be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed.  After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on August 13, 2020.  On November 9, 2020, we promptly filed PERM. 

On June 3, 2021, the Department of Labor issued an audit request. The DOL requested documents from the Petitioner to determine whether the recruitment process was done properly. In response to the Audit request, our office prepared the response to Audit brief along with Employer’s declaration, notice of filing, and recruitment documentation on June 14, 2021.  Eventually, on September 21, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipino beneficiary. 

We then proceeded with the I-140 Petition filing. We submitted the “ability to pay” letter for the I-140 petition application. We included the job offer letter, employee’s W-2 copy, and other necessary supporting documents.

The I-140 Petition was filed on October 22, 2021 via regular processing. On January 20, 2022, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Filipino client was approved without any Request for Evidence (RFE). 

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CASE: EB-3 I-485

APPLICANT: Filipino KRB Electronic Test Engineer

LOCATION: Maricopa, AZ

Our client had a prospective employer that was willing to petition for a third-preference I-140.  Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering and has worked for his current employer since September 2017. Based on our client’s education and work background, our office determined that he is eligible for EB-3 classification for his I-140 petition.  Our client eventually retained us on December 12, 2019. 

Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM application could be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed.  After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on April 28, 2020.  On September 24, 2020, we promptly filed PERM. Eventually, on May 7, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipino beneficiary. 

We then proceeded with the I-140 Petition filing. We submitted the “ability to pay” letter for the I-140 petition application. We included the job offer letter, employer’s tax records, and other necessary supporting documents. The I-140 Petition was filed on June 10, 2021 via premium processing service. Eventually, on June 24, 2021, the I-140 EB3 Petition for our Filipino client was approved without any RFE. 

Once his I-140 petition was approved, he retained our office again to file adjustment of status applications for him and his family members. On September 3, 2021, our office filed the I-485 adjustment of status applications for our clients. Everything went smoothly and the receipt notices and fingerprint appointment came on time. Eventually, on December 27, 2021, his green card application was approved without any RFE. His adjustment of status application was approved less than 3 months from the filing date.

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CASE: PERM Labor Certification

EMPLOYER: Public School District

BENEFICIARY: Filipina High School General Science Teacher

LOCATION: Casa Grande, AZ

Our client has a current employer that was willing to petition her for a third-preference petition (I-140).  Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education, a valid Arizona Teaching license, and has worked for her current employer since July 2016. Based on our client’s education and credentials, our office determined that she is eligible for EB-3 classification for her I-140 petition.  Our client retained us on May 29, 2020. 

Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM application could only be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed.  After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on October 12, 2020.  On January 8, 2021, we filed PERM. 

On August 2, 2021, the Department of Labor issued a request for audit. The DOL requested documents from the Petitioner to determine whether the recruitment process was done properly. Moreover, the Department of Labor requested Petitioner to submit a business necessity statement for this position. In response to the Audit request, our office prepared the response to Audit brief along with Employer’s declaration, notice of filing, business necessity statement from the employer, and recruitment documentation on August 27, 2021.   

On November 17, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipina beneficiary. Our client can file the I-140 petition at any time.

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CASE: PERM Labor Certification

EMPLOYER: Public School District

BENEFICIARY: Filipina High School Biology Teacher

LOCATION: Casa Grande, AZ

Our client has a current employer who was willing petition her for a third-preference I-140.  Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education, a valid Arizona Teaching license, and has worked for her current employer since July 2016. Based on our client’s education and credentials, our office determined that she is eligible for EB-3 classification for her I-140 petition.  Our client eventually retained us in April 2020.

Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM application could only be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed.  After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on August 31, 2020.  On December 8, 2020, we filed PERM. 

On July 2, 2021, the Department of Labor issued a request for audit. The DOL requested documents from the Petitioner to determine whether the recruitment process was done properly. In response to the Audit request, our office prepared the response to Audit brief along with Employer’s declaration, notice of filing, and recruitment documentation on July 29, 2021.   

Eventually, on November 1, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipina beneficiary. Our client can file the I-140 petition at any time.

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CASE: PERM EB3 Labor Certification

EMPLOYER: Public School District

BENEFICIARY: Filipino High School Physics Teacher

LOCATION: Casa Grande, AZ

Our client has an  employer that was willing to do a PERM Labor Certification for him, EB3  Our client has a Bachelor’s degree in Physics for Teachers, a valid Arizona Teaching license, and has worked for his current employer since August 2016. Based on our education and credentials, our office determined that he is clearly eligible for EB-3 classification for his I-140 petition.  Our client eventually retained us in April 2020.

Prior to filing PERM, our firm prepared the prevailing wage request, job order, advertisements, internal job posting, recruitment report, and all other steps which are important pre-PERM filing. Take note that the PERM application could only be filed at least 60 days from the job posting date or 30 days from the last ad. Within a week from our retention, the prevailing wage request was filed.  After we obtained the PW determination, our office filed the job order on August 13, 2020.  On November 9, 2020, we promptly filed PERM. 

On June 3, 2021, the Department of Labor issued a request for audit. The DOL requested documents from the Petitioner to determine whether the recruitment process was done properly. In response to the Audit request, our office prepared the response to Audit brief along with Employer’s declaration, notice of filing, and recruitment documentation on June 14, 2021.   

Eventually, on September 21, 2021, the PERM Labor Certification was approved – an EB3 position for the Filipino beneficiary. Our client can file the I-140 petition at any time.

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