abhaaa....stick with your H1, thats not much diff than green card, if you really think about it, you can go to nepal and come back, you are perfectly legal in the country, you enjoy all the SS benefits. more even, if you are not married and if you go to nepal and get married, you can bring your wife to US, you cant do that with your green card. if you apply directly for green card then, your wait time will still be the same as your H1 will take. At present, with Department of labor, they have a backlag of cases for atleast 15 months, meaning anycases filled now for "labor certification" will atleast take 15 months to be just reviewed. Stick with your H1.You can eventually turn your H1 to green card anyways.