Geen card through employer?

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

2 hours ago, CEE53147 said:

 

I continue to be angered by those why refuse to consider American citizens and LPRs before going abroad for a worker.  I would advise anyone that a STEM degree in engineering and IT is only a stop  on a career path to a totally different degree.  It is cheaper to hire a foreign guest worker than to keep an older, skilled worker. And people wonder why things don't work like they used to.

 

Devil's advocate..

The bottom line is, money talks.  If I were a consultancy/employer, the H1b gives me an incentive to look overseas for someone I could pay $20/hr for a $50/hr billing position, pocketing the $30/hr; why would I not take advantage? Any USC/LPR would demand much more, but for the foreign worker, that $20/hr is likely to be a significant raise, and they parley a US job into bragging rights at home. 

 

With green cards always in demand, there's an additional incentive to pocket $$$ under the table for sponsoring employees' EB-based i-140s. 

Like I said, devil's advocate. 

[arken 4,197]

To the OP:

Did you sign a contract with your employer that says if you don’t work there for a given number of years after getting GC, you need to reimburse them for the cost they paid for your GC process? If such contract exits which is legal, then all you need to worry is about the amount you need to pay back to them. Getting GC revoked by leaving the employer has 0% chance. Its equivalent to getting family based GC of one’s spouse revoked by the petitioner once divorced.

 

USCIS allows changing job even when i485 is pending for more than 6 months. 

 

It may definitely  create a suspicion say if one leaves the emloyer the next day after getting GC, but if one continues to work with the same employer for several months and gets a good offer from another company, he/she is good to go. You don’t have to worry about it at all.