Immigration Law

Maintaining the Priority Date of a Previous Employment-based Immigrant Petition

By David Carson

9 FAM 42.53 N3.6 Subsequent Petition in Employment-based Classifications

Unless revoked pursuant to 8 CFR 205.2 for fraud or misrepresentation, a priority date accorded by approval of an employment-based first, second or third preference petition is retained by the beneficiary for any other first, second or third preference petition approved subsequently for the same beneficiary. In all cases, the beneficiary of multiple petitions is entitled to the earliest of the filing dates of the various petitions.

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