[webdev_fromDS]

Hi Peter, thanks for doing this!

My employer has been helpful to file for my green card. I recently got "CERTIFIED" on my PERM and the lawyers are working to get my I-140 ready to file. I have some publications as first author and as a co-author is a highly respected journal.

I wanted to know if there is a path to move from EB2 to EB1? If there is, what would be the requirements to qualify? I ask this my I-140 priority date is late 2024, and the current date for my nationality is 2012. EB1 current date seems to be 2022. Is it possible to move to EB1 and carry over the priority date from the (hopefully approved) I-140?

Many thanks! I have read several of your AMAs and found them helpful!

[junar]

Any EB1 petition you submit is going to be adjudicated separately from your EB2. If you want your case assessed, you should probably hire a lawyer to discuss the specifics of your case.

You get to use your earlier priority date for any later employment-based petitions. See the USCIS policy manual:

https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-6-part-e-chapter-...