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Topic1 do i need to submit my labor certificate and I-140 approval notice when I apply family based gc?

do i need to submit my labor certificate and I-140 approval notice when I apply family based gc?

I am on H1B. I applied for EB-2 employment based greencard in 2009, and got labor certificate and I-140 approval, but have not submitted I-485 because the priority date is not current.

I just married to a US citizen and start to apply family-based gc. When I submit I-130 , I-485 and other relevant packages concurrently, do I need to provide my labor certificate and I-140 approval under EB-2? Or only provide the H1B I797A approval notice? I assume that EB-2 employment based application has no relation with family based gc. Am I right?

Thanks for your time and help.

You just use the same A# that was already assigned, if any, and they will put everything together. If you have no A# yet include copies of the I-140 approval or at least provide the number. There may be documents in that other file that support your current application, birth cert and whatever that you wont have to obtain again from abroad. Also, you dont want to have multiple files created that might someday cause a delay or problem.

Thanks for your reply. I have one more confusion. I have assigned A# on my h1b 797A notice and also have a different A# on my I140 approval notice. Which A# should I use when I fill out I130 ,693 etc.?

Use the A# from your I-140, since that is from an immigrant petition, not an nonimmigrant H1B process.

 
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