Can PERM / 140 be filed by company while I am outside the US?

[maverick80]

I was talking to an attorney over the phone today and she said that PERM can be filed followed by 140 even if I am outside the country (working for an overseas department of the company) and I can come back on L1 / H1B, because GC is for future employment.

We were discuussing this because I was concerned that I may not be able to file H1 extension if the PERM is not filed 365 days before H1 extension.

This would be totally awesome coz I would love to work in some other country for a while.

Is this really true? (seems too good to be considering that everything else seems stacked up against us). Oh, if it matters to the discussion: I'm in EB2/India/retrogressed ad infinitum.

[desi3933]

Originally Posted by maverick80

Can PERM / 140 be filed by company while I am outside the US?

I was talking to an attorney over the phone today and she said that PERM can be filed followed by 140 even if I am outside the country (working for an overseas department of the company) and I can come back on L1 / H1B, because GC is for future employment.

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Your attorney is correct.

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US Citizen of Indian Origin

[solaris27]

yes u can do it

[kumar1]

You can do it, we can help. --Home Depot

[ivar]

Originally Posted by kumar1

You can do it, we can help. --Home Depot

Good one. :-)