Under the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act (AC21), some H-1B professionals can transfer their employment-sponsored green card from their original employer to another without giving up their “place in line.” A key provision of AC21 makes H-1B visas and Form I-140s portable, allowing some foreign workers to change employers without losing their place in the green card line. Your green card priority date is your place in line for an immigrant visa, so you can use it to obtain a green card.
Under AC21, I-140 portability has rules and conditions to transfer a green card from the original employer to another employer:
A business immigration lawyer works with employers. We can help when you want to hire skilled foreign workers and foreign nationals who wish to come to the United States to work temporarily or permanently. Contact Godoy Law Office at 630-912-0322. Godoy Law Office serves the entire Chicago, Illinois area, including DuPage, Cook, Kane, Will and Lake Counties.
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Immigration Attorney Mario Godoy has years of experience guiding clients with immigration issues through the immigration process along with guiding clients through the criminal case. Godoy focuses on family-based immigration law, business immigration law, removal defense, and criminal defense representation of immigrants. A criminal charge or conviction can be devastating to your immigration case. With over a decade of immigration law experience and memories of family members who were deported due to bad legal advice, Godoy is committed to helping other immigrant families receive the legal justice they deserve. As a legal entrepreneur who practices immigration law, criminal law, estate and probate law, and running two successful law firms, Mario Godoy understands the importance of keeping families together and making a home and future in America.