Posted by: ark July 5, 2014
GC Perm Approved, What NEXT
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average processing time for i140 is 4 months and for i485 is 4-6 months. Even if you expedite i140 and got approval result in 15 days, you have to wait couple of months for i485 approval to get GC anyway. Unless your employer pays for expedited service for i140, there is no reason to pay by yourself for expedited service.

EB2 categorly allows you to file i485 along with i140 because of current priority. Time to process i485 once applied is same for EB2 or EB3.

AP is an advance parole document people can use to travel out of US and come back while i485 is pending. a person in valid h1 doesn't necessarily need AP for travelling with pending i485. With AP, a person in h1 can use h1 visa or AP (with some merits/demerits) while reentering US with pending i485.
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