Is there a provision in the law which allows a person with a pending application for adjustment of status to change employers?

 

A: Yes, this exciting development resulted from a last-minute amendment to the law. Currently, most applicants for adjustment of status must wait between two and three years before their applications are approved. They were obliged to work for the employer who sponsored them for permanent residence.


Under section 106(c) of the new law, after an application for adjustment of status for a person sponsored under an EB category remains unadjudicated for over 180 days, the individual is free to change jobs as long as the new job "is in the same or a similar occupational classification as the job for which the petition is filed".