December 17, 2009 | In: 范毅禹律师
范律师专栏：优先日期是否带着走
最近因为经济不好，有些人工作没了。现在的问题是批准的I-140(从公司申请的)优先日期是否带着走。这里有很多不同的说法。律师们也有不同的解释，因为CFR(移民法)与CIS的Yates备忘录有些不同。真正的不同是在于yates的备忘录并没有把所有的状况(公司取消PERM及I-140)都讨论。Yates只有说到如果I-140有作假欺伪，则优先日期不能保留。其内容摘要如下:
In general, if a petition is supported by an individual labor certification issued by DOL, the priority date is the earliest date upon which the labor certification application was field with DOL. In those cases where the alien’s priority date is established by the filing of the labor certification, once the alien’s Form I-140 petition has been approved, the alien beneficiary retains his or her priority date as established by the filing of the labor certification for any future Form I-140 petitions, unless the previously approved Form I-140 petition has been revoked because of fraud or willful misrepresentation. This includes cases where a change of employer has occurred; however, the new employer must obtain a new labor certification if the classification requested requires a labor certification”
从法律的原理来说，既然I-140被取消了，工作不见了，当然什么都不再具备，因此优先日期也就没有了。有些人说即便公司取消I-140，也可把优先日期带着走，而且也办成过。如果真要来说是因为CIS不知道你的I-140已经被取消了，所以也就蒙混过去。
对于我们来说我们只能按法律来建议客人。至于那些侥幸冒险的事是无法建议客人去做的。至于侥幸过关CIS有否可能事后再追回，说实在我们看过但实在不多。这方面多是发生在IT有关的公司，及公司特别通知CIS追究有关员工离职所发生。
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