Form I-485 and I-485 Supplement J - What's the Difference?

In this video, I answer the question(s): What's the difference between I-485 and I-485J? 🤔 If you're on an employment-based Green Card case, you should watch this and see if you need to submit Form I-485 Supplement J. In this video, I also briefly talk about the uses of this form and how it could help you out. Watch the rest of this video to find out! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📢 [FREE E-book] Ultimate Marriage Green Card Guide Before you start your Green Card case, download your free guide here. This guide contains what you have to know for your marriage Green Card journey. 📩 Download the No-Cost Guide here: https://www.marriageimmigrationlaw.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thinking of getting a lawyer? Schedule a consultation with me! (Fees apply) 📧 Email: [email protected] Got burning Immigration questions? 👀 Catch my LIVE Q&A, Wednesdays @ 5-5:30 PM Pacific Time on YouTube & on: 📱 Instagram:   / jqklawfirm   📱 TikTok: ImmigrationLawyerJohn Like it old-school? Subscribe to my newsletter! 📫 Subscribe: https://www.jqklaw.com/subscribe.html Tweet or share this video: ⏩    • Form I-485 and I-485 Supplement J - What's...   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consult with an attorney in private about your case. This general education only. Results Vary. This is an attorney advertisement. Information subject to change. #I485J #Portability #JobOffer #Immigration #Immigrationlaw #Immigrationlawyer [Question] "Difference between I-485 and I-485 J form?" Sure. This is a big question that's popping out as the Visa Bulletin changes. Form I-485 is an application for Adjustment of Status, which is your request to Get a Green card in the United States based on some other thing - you had a relative or employer or something like that. Or maybe you were an asylee for a year. For I-485 J is a unique form intended just for people that have employment- based Green Cards. And so what happens is with Form I-485 J, your employer is going to sign it as well. The person who's going to employ you, that is. The document essentially says that... it updates the Government that this job still exists. Let me back it up a little bit. When you're starting an employment-based Green Card, the employer first has to file separate forms to say this job exists, and no one else could fill it out, and for the Government to approve that kind of job, that's done through the permit process and Form I-140. Depending on what country you're from, you may or may not be able to file for Adjustment of Status at the same time as filing the Form I-140. For example, if you're from India, you can start the process. But it's going to take 5, 10, 15, 20 years or more, until you could actually file for Adjustment of Status Form I-485. But when the time comes to file Form I-485, which is your application for Green Card, a lot of time has passed since they did the initial work that said this job exists and this person's good for the job. So what we used to have to do is just send a letter, and that once the time comes, if the Visa Bulletin becomes clear, they send a letter that says this job still exists and the employer signs off on it. But USCIS decided to make a form system for that because people were seeing different kinds of letters and stuff like that to make it more consistent. So they created form I-485 J. So for example, right now I have several Indian clients, and Chinese clients as well, who have started the Green Card based on employment process years ago, but there's a big line there. The line moved up dramatically in October. So now they can file for a Green Card because their place in line is here to file for a Green Card. So with these, I have to file Form I-485 J as well, with the help of the employer and all that, to say, "Hey that job that we requested a Green Card for many years ago, well, now's the time in the line for us apply for the Green Card. And that job still exists." And the employer here is signing off on it, putting the information there. So that's Form I-485 J. You submit that with the I-485. Now, there's another situation where Form I-485 J is used as well. And this is if you filed the Form I-140 and I-485 and your case is pending more than six months, 180 days, and the employee and all sudden to says, "You know, I found a different job opportunity that more suits me. I'm going to switch jobs." So to be able to switch jobs to that new job, we have the case transfer. It's called portability. You file Form I-485 J, the new employer writes their information so the Government knows that there's a transfer of the employment and the job is the same or similar kind of job. And that's the very big overview of it. I'm not gonna go into more details. I'm sure I lost some people or made some people bored. But that's Form I-485 J. It's to show essentially that