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I did some more research after leaving my last comment, and the part i was talking about was "New employment must be the 'same or similar' occupational classifi
by joshAg 13y ago
I did some more research after leaving my last comment, and the part i was talking about was "New employment must be the 'same or similar' occupational classification," [1] which according to my coworkers means you can't switch amongst QA engineer, dev/software engineer, and manager.
The dev <-> QA switch probably isn't very common, but dev/qa -> management is apparently an issue, since green-cards for Indians with a masters take roughly a decade of waiting on an h1b to get (again, this is according to my coworkers, not something i have direct experience with).
[1]: http://immigrationroad.com/green-card/ac21-portability-change-jobs.php http://immigrationroad.com/green-card/ac21-portability-chang...
- smartician 13y agoNote that all this only applies to those whose priority dates became current due to the USCIS fiasco of July 2007, and filed I-485 at that time. Everyone who started the GC process later and is waiting for their PD to become current cannot invoke AC21. Frustrating! From the page you linked: "Hundreds of thousands of people were able to file I-485 applications under the July Visa Bulletin of 2007"
- hpagey 13y agoCorrect, so it was not a fiasco for people who were able to apply for Adjustment of Status i-485. This happened in 2009 too. I hope it keeps on happening every few years. At least people can get EAD which gives you ability to work anywhere in the US.