Most priority dates are stuck around 2014, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. New H-1B employees who have not yet applied for PERM should not despair after reading articles claiming that they will never receive a green card if they are from retrogressed countries.
Many H-1B applicants already have U.S. citizen children who will turn twenty-one in the next five years and can sponsor their parents. Hence, priority dates will likely move.
However, it is also worth noting that favoritism and nepotism can influence the selection of candidates for PERM sponsorship within Indian implementation partners.
Consequently, rather than waiting for their turn in the queue, individuals may find it more advantageous to choose a boutique IT consulting firm that can immediately sponsor their PERM.
Furthermore, it is common for Indian implementation partners to delay sponsoring the PERM until an employee has completed five years in H-1B status. It takes approximately 12 months to get PERM approved and another 3 months to get the I-140 approved.
As a result, many individuals find themselves unable to complete the green card process within the allocated time, forcing them to leave the USA for at least one year after completing the maximum six years on the H-1B visa.
If you are a full-time employee of an Indian implementation partner and still think that the company will take care of you, you may end up floating in Indian rain-flooded roads again.
While Indian implementation partners may create the impression that an employee’s career and H-1B visa are secure with them, this often proves far from the truth. In the event of layoffs, these partners swiftly repatriate H-1B employees back to India.
On the other hand, a boutique IT consulting company can promptly find alternative end clients for their H-1B employees, providing greater job security and stability.
A two-year stint in a boutique IT consulting company will help you get a green card cut-off date or priority date (after PERM and I-140 are approved) in the long queue of green card applicants. This date will remain yours and can be transferred to a new green card application by a new employer even if the old employer withdraws the I-140.
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