I-140 applied after company sale/name change

[starscream]

When my PERM labor application was being approved, the company I work for got sold by the then parent company to another entity (basically there was a change of ownership). The company I work for changed its name from "xyz abc" to just "abc", the taxid of the company changed , the company's business etc. remained the same. My job location, job profile, job duties remain the same altough my salary has increased due to performance and annual increments. Following my labor approval, My I-140 application was made after the company sale/name change.

When I asked the attorney from the law firm hired by my employer whether the company sale/name change can have any issue with my I-140 / I-485 the attroney said there is something called succession of interest and that new company "succeeds to the interests and conditions of the previous company", including it's immigration interests and that they have prepared documentation to prove this succession of interest. He said that there should not be any problems with my I-140 because of company sale/name change scenario due to the succession of interest documentation.

Has anyone faced such a situation before where the I-140 app was made with 'succession of interest' due to company merger/sale and where the labor had been approved before the company merger/sale. Is this a fairly common scenario that USCIS is used to?

[morchu]

It is not "failry common" scenario. But with proper documentation supporting your case, you should be fine. Key is to prove the "succession of interest", and I dont see much difficulty for that in your case, with proper support from employer.

When my PERM labor application was being approved, the company I work for got sold by the then parent company to another entity (basically there was a change of ownership). The company I work for changed its name from "xyz abc" to just "abc", the taxid of the company changed , the company's business etc. remained the same. My job location, job profile, job duties remain the same altough my salary has increased due to performance and annual increments. Following my labor approval, My I-140 application was made after the company sale/name change.

When I asked the attorney from the law firm hired by my employer whether the company sale/name change can have any issue with my I-140 / I-485 the attroney said there is something called succession of interest and that new company "succeeds to the interests and conditions of the previous company", including it's immigration interests and that they have prepared documentation to prove this succession of interest. He said that there should not be any problems with my I-140 because of company sale/name change scenario due to the succession of interest documentation.

Has anyone faced such a situation before where the I-140 app was made with 'succession of interest' due to company merger/sale and where the labor had been approved before the company merger/sale. Is this a fairly common scenario that USCIS is used to?