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Episode 13B: Slow Your Roll! The Tactical Case for Non-Premium Process EB-2 NIW I-140s for Tech Professionals
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Episode 13B: Slow Your Roll! The Tactical Case for Non-Premium Process EB-2 NIW I-140s for Tech Professionals

This episode will provide a solution for H-1B workers in IT/software engineering whose employers are unable to proceed on PERM.
  1. Green card not an option so you get an H-1B.

  2. PERM is not available so you proceed on EB-2 NIW.

  3. EB-2 NIW is not available.

  4. What now?

  5. AC21 Section 104(c) - 36 month extensions of H-1B time.

  6. AC21 Section 106(a) — 12 month extensions of H-1B time.

  7. Premium processing versus non-premium processing.

  8. The option to file a new EB-2 NIW I-140 every 11 months.

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