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I heard you from a friend who received his green card through NIW in less than a month after filing.\u00a0I looked at your approved petitions and found more NIW and EB1 petitions approved in weeks.\u00a0I can’t believe this.\u00a0I have a pending labor which was filed in the beginning of last year.\u00a0In this case, do I need to withdraw the labor then file NIW or file NIW immediately without canceling the labor.\u00a0Please let me know ASAP so I can start my case with you.\u00a0Thank you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canceling the labor certification is not required.\u00a0You can file simultaneous EB1 and NIW petitions and retain the labor certification filing.\u00a0For many scientists and researchers, a labor certification is not required and will significantly lengthen the amount of time it takes to obtain residency.\u00a0In addition, the NIW and EB1 avenues do not require employer sponsorship which is very difficult for the majority of new PhD holders to obtain.\u00a0Please send us a copy of your CV\/resume and we can determine if you are qualified for a self sponsored EB1 and\/or NIW application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I heard you from a friend who received his green card through NIW in less than a month after filing.\u00a0I looked at your approved petitions and found more NIW and EB1 petitions approved in weeks.\u00a0I can’t believe this.\u00a0I have a pending labor which was filed in the beginning of last year.\u00a0In this case, do I … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[190],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-interest-waiver","tag-national-interest-waiver"],"yoast_head":"\nFast NIW Green Cards - US Immigration Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=556\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fast NIW Green Cards - US Immigration Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I heard you from a friend who received his green card through NIW in less than a month after filing.\u00a0I looked at your approved petitions and found more NIW and EB1 petitions approved in weeks.\u00a0I can’t believe this.\u00a0I have a pending labor which was filed in the beginning of last year.\u00a0In this case, do I ... 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