> Bush Administration made the "priority date current" for a short window; this allowed legal immigrants waiting in the line for Permanent Residency to file and

> Bush Administration made the "priority date current" for a short window; this allowed legal immigrants waiting in the line for Permanent Residency to file and obtain 485-EAD. The priority dates became current abruptly for a month in July 2007 (see [1], [2] and [3] for Visa Bulletins for Jun/Jul/Aug 2007; "C" means current, "U" means unavailable). This was also the time period when "labor substitution" [4] was possible - i.e the employer could substitute a new prospective employee in the place of another who has an approved labor certification. Together, this enabled many people on H-1B to get an EAD [5]. EADs offer more or less the same flexibility as Green Cards for the purpose of employment. This is probably what suryacom meant. Labor substitution provision has since been revoked. [1] Visa bulletin for June 2007: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2007/visa-bulletin-for-june-2007.html https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bul... [2] Visa bulletin for July 2007: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2007/visa-bulletin-for-july-2007.html https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bul... [3] Visa bulletin for August 2007: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2007/visa-bulletin-for-august-2007.html https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bul... [4] http://www.kenreyeslaw.com/blog/2014/october/labor-certification-substitution/ http://www.kenreyeslaw.com/blog/2014/october/labor-certifica... [5] https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/employment-authorization-document https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-pr...