Hi all,
I am new here. I am inquiring about this visa.
I am a Pakistani national, Male, 43 years old, 2 dependent children and a wife. All are Pakistani nationals.
Both my wife and I are qualified senior executives in large multi-national companies in Dubai, UAE.
We are on a UAE residence visa.
Both of us have our Bachelor's Degrees from Pakistan
In addition, my wife has her CIMA and I have my MBA from a reputed university Pakistan.
We would like to immigrate to the US to work and settle our family down. Based on the criteria listed on the USCIS website, it states no employment offer is needed, as long as we have an 'advanced degree' and 'exceptional ability' - see excerpt below:
National Interest Waiver
If you are requesting that we waive the labor certification (also known as a job offer) because it is in the national interest of the United States, you are eligible to file a petition on your own behalf. You may do this whether you seek to classify yourself as a member of a profession who has an advanced degree or if you have an exceptional ability.
We will review all the evidence you submit to determine whether you are eligible for the second-preference classification and whether it is in the national interest of the United States to grant this discretionary waiver.
Please visit the Employment-Based Immigration: Second Preference EB-2 page for more information.
My questions are as follows - specific to this link (Employment-Based Immigration: Second Preference EB-2)
Based on my understanding, I believe both my wife and I qualify to waive the labor certification (also known as a job offer) because it is in the national interest of the United States eligible. Based on this, we will proceed with filing a petition on our own behalf. Is it better for me to do this, or my wife as a primary sponsor? or do we each need to do our own? I understand this is not a family sponsorship, but if both husband and wife meet the criteria, how is this managed?
It states I do not need a job offer to file the petition - would they require this at any point prior to my relocating to the US?
If I do not find a job within x timeframe, what happens to my visa?
What is the waiting period between applying and approval of petition? Is there a generic timeframe available? I am new to this, hence not sure where to look at a first instance.
Many thanks in advance.
