Sam Suh

I am at the point of starting the GC process with my employer (My H1B starts
on May and I am currently on the F1 with OPT option. I have been working
for this company less than 6 months).

If I have a choice between RIR and LC, should I go with RIR?
I am located in Indiana.

Please share your experience. Any comment is welcome.

Thanks,
Sam

Ahmad CPA

There is a third option which is PERM. PERM rules of obtaining employement
immigration has been pending for a while but is scheduled to come out in May.
There were discussions before about PERM phasing out the two certification
programs (regular and RIR). Please do research accordingly. try
immigration.com site or
immigration-law.com

Good luck

Ingo Pakleppa - see web site for email

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 02:46:44 +0000, Sam Suh wrote:

    > I am at the point of starting the GC process with my employer (My H1B starts
    > on May and I am currently on the F1 with OPT option. I have been working
    > for this company less than 6 months).
    >
    > If I have a choice between RIR and LC, should I go with RIR?
    > I am located in Indiana.

RIR *is* one form of LC. The other is called "regular process". And it
looks like finally, within the next year or so, there may be a third one
called PERM; the regulations are just being reviewed and, if all goes
well, are supposed to be published in the Federal Register within 120
days.

The decision about which procedure to use is very dependent on your
specific situation; both RIR and the regular process have advantages and
drawbacks.

Given that you are early in your career, and that PERM may be coming up
soon, my guess is that the regular process is preferable. RIR carries the
risk that it will be kicked back into the regular process a year later, so
you would have lost a year and a half plus the advertising expenses. Plus,
if PERM really does materialize, you will already have something pending
and a head start (with RIR, you would advertise for a couple months first,
before you can start filing).

    > Please share your experience. Any comment is welcome.
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Sam

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