AC21 employment in different state than mentioned in Labor

[anilnag]

I plan on using AC21 to change employer. My I140 is approved and I485 is pending for more than 20 months. My Labor was approved from California. Now can I seek employment on similar job in a different state (say IL, MI) without affecting my I485? Some members are warning about possible RFEs in such cases. Can anyone clarify if it's a problem and how to respond to RFE if it comes.

[eb3retro]

Originally Posted by anilnag

I plan on using AC21 to change employer. My I140 is approved and I485 is pending for more than 20 months. My Labor was approved from California. Now can I seek employment on similar job in a different state (say IL, MI) without affecting my I485? Some members are warning about possible RFEs in such cases. Can anyone clarify if it's a problem and how to respond to RFE if it comes.

look at my post here..

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/sh...7&postcount=44

[njimmig]

Hello,

I have my EAD (valid till sept 2010) from a company in NJ and I live in NJ. The application is currently in Texas Center.

If I take up a job from a company in Utah, will there be any complications with respect to my EAD renewal or can I expect any RFE's.

Also Will my file be transferred from Texas service center as I moved?

Looking at the response received it does not look promising.

Please share any other such experiences good or bad.

Thanks.

[eb3retro]

Originally Posted by njimmig

Hello,

I have my EAD (valid till sept 2010) from a company in NJ and I live in NJ. The application is currently in Texas Center.

If I take up a job from a company in Utah, will there be any complications with respect to my EAD renewal or can I expect any RFE's.

Also Will my file be transferred from Texas service center as I moved?

Looking at the response received it does not look promising.

Please share any other such experiences good or bad.

Thanks.

update profile first.

[njimmig]

I just updated my profile.

[srisra]

The reply I got from my employer on this regard.

"Since you have an approved visa petition and your residence application has been pending for over 180 days, you can port to a new employer as long as the job you move to is the same or similar to the one that was certified. The fact that you move to another location or even to another state would not matter. Also, the wage offered is not relevant. If you do port, it is highly recommended that you send in a letter to the CIS to inform them of your porting so that they can interfile this letter with your I-140/I-485 file."

This is a reply from reputed lawyer in CA.

But RFEs and AC21 from USCIS is still a headache. becareful with the paperwork and address change with USCIS.

[srisra]

i said "employer" in first line...its "LAWYER" not employer sorry...

[little_willy]

It has been 10 months since I moved to a different state taking advantage of AC-21, changed address using AR-11 and no RFEs so far.

[Imigrait]

I moved 5 months back to another state. No RFEs yet.

[anilnag]

Thanks guys for your help. One more question.
My new employer doesn't sponsor green card. But they can provide employement verification letter.

My question is does it anyway matter the fact that new employer doesn't sponsor GC? Do we still need some kind of sponsorship after invoking AC21? If it's just a matter of getting employement verification letter then I guess I am good to go with new employer.

[RNGC]

I moved from NJ to NC and used AC21....Like the attitude of Punjabi, way to go...life is too short to keep worrying about GC/RFE etc..