Green card stages - when can I actually leave or be layed off without any impact? I’m in a process of getting my perm. In the best case scenario I’ll get I’ll get it by September. I’m a European and I plan to file i160 in pp if it’ll be available at the time. At what time do you think I can lose a job without any impact? 6 months after i160 approval? Only with a green card?

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It's actually 180 days from I-485. So if you pp I-140, you still have to wait 6 months. Typically I-140 and I-485 are submitted simultaneously.

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Are you saying that 6 months after i485 is when you can have no job (I.e. leave the job at will or be laid off) and you can legally stay and continue to keep looking for a job ?

European here too:
- PP is available again as of next Monday, just announced
- Its I-140, not I-160
- If you file in September both I-140 in PP, plus I-485 (adjustment of status) concurrently, which you should, by March 2021 you can leave and take your GC process somewhere else.

But to be honest, from what I’ve been seeing you may even already have your green card by March

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Thanks for your responses!

6 months after i140.

When you change jobs the process restarts from the beginning. You keep the priority date!

Might have to pay lawyer fees which could be $10/15k

A bit confused, can you guys help here? - I have my approved I -140 but in the lifelong GC queue for the past many years... I assume I would need to find a job in 60 days if I get laid off? I realize priority date will be kept, but wondering how much time I have before leaving the country...

You answered yourself, you have 60 days to find a job or else leave the country

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