From Temporary Work Visa to Green Card in NYC
Many workers and employers find a mutual interest in adjusting the status of a foreign national employee from nonimmigrant to lawful permanent resident entitled to stay in the United States indefinitely, with or without eventual naturalization. If you need an attorney's advice about your right to adjust your status or apply for permanent residence while holding a nonimmigrant work visa, get the advice of a skilled attorney by contacting the Law Office of Cheryl R. David in New York City.
PERM Labor Certification Process Can Help You Achieve Immigrant Status
Most people in the U.S. on work visas arrive without any expectation of permanent residence here, and their visas reflect this fact. After a few years of successful life and work here, however, many H-1B visa holders and their employers become interested in adjusting the worker's status.
The PERM labor certification process allows an employer to petition the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Department of Labor for an adjustment of your immigration status to permanent residence. The PERM procedures are complex, but essentially require a showing that you're offered a permanent job at prevailing wages, there are not enough citizen workers qualified to meet the demands of your occupation, and that you are eligible for a green card.
Our law firm has software that lets us check the availability of particular visas and see whether processing backlogs could delay your case. We also review your case carefully to see whether you qualify for any alternative grounds for permanent residence, such as a family relationship.
An experienced immigration lawyer can help holders of nonimmigrant work visas, including holders of H-2B visas, find the quickest available path to a green card through the PERM certification process or alternative approaches to adjustment of status. For additional information, contact the Law Office of Cheryl R. David in New York City.
