Eb3 green card Facebook / Google without H1B
Mar 11, 2019
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**Not from INDIA/CHINA**
Currently on an opt with stem remaining. got an offer from both google and Facebook. How's my immigration future looking ? I want to get the green card directly without the H1-B uncertainty . My priority date is current. Is this possible by the companies ? If let's say I don't get H1B at all coz of the lottery system. Do I still get my green card ?
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The biggest downside is you will either have to get it all done while still in the US or have a gap in your employment or wait outside the US.
You won't be able to leave the US and re-enter on OPT visa while this application is progressing. If OPT expires first you may have to leave and wait outside the US for it to complete.
Really though, so what? In a year you have greencard and certainty. You might have a couple non working months but in the big scheme of things that's nothing.
While this may not be a consequence on EB application, it maybe a problem on international travel on F1 (until you get greencard) and *maybe* a problem on opt extensions.
Anyways, don’t go by my answer or other blind answers.. talk to an attorney, preferably an independent one, that a non company attorney