What is adjustment of status portability?
The process of applying for permanent residence can be a lengthy one. A professor or a scholar may wish to seek new employment during this process. What are the issues for the professor or scholar, and what are the issues for the potential hiring institution? The answers depend upon whether the foreign national is employer-sponsored or self-sponsored. If self-sponsored (extraordinary ability or national interest waiver) or if the employee is obtaining permanent residence through marriage, immigration lottery or other non-employer sponsored methods, there are no issues The employee can change employment in the middle of the process without affecting the ultimate approval of permanent residence. However, if the foreign national is employer-sponsored (outstanding researcher or labor certification application), the issue of whether the employee can leave his existing employer and, if so, when, is critical to the ultimate success of his permanent residence application. Although originally u
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