Multiple I- 140 filing with two different employers cause any problem with USCIS.

[John2255]

Hello friends,

My petition date is December 2nd at Nebraska centre (consular processing).

Two days back my petition was denied because of carelessness from the part of employer.I contacted the employer today and he agreed to go for an appeal on my denied case. Initially he did not oblige but since I do not want to lose the priority date and I forced him to go for an appeal.

Now I do not want to take any risk. I want to file two I-140 petitions with other employers and I will move on with the fastest approved petition. My other two employers are small inpatient facility and as per the contract I only have to pay them the filing charges to break the contract.

So I am only concerned about USCIS. If I file multiple I-140 petitions with different employers will I face any trouble (like RFE, delay or denial) with USCIS?

I also wanna know whether filing two I-140 petition(consular processing) with USCIS by a different employer, any way ADVERSELY AFFECT my first filed petition or second filed petition. Kindly clarify this.

I have seen that there is a column in I-140 immigrant petition for alien worker, which asks whether any immigrant visa petitions ever been filed for this alien worker and the employer will be answering NO to this because of my concealing of information about other filings. I want to do this because I suffered delay and denial of my I-140 petition because of careless employer and I do not want to risk and delay my approval with a single employer since retrogression is at the doorsteps for Schedule A nurses since the passing of CIR (which contains provision of unlimited cap for Schedule A) have least chance of passing in House.

Thank you very much in advance

[suzanne4, RN]

I would tell that employer to not to proceed any further, first of all. They are unreliable, and how do you know that things will be different later on?

Cut your losses, and start over fresh. Losing that date would be the least of your concerns and issues that you will have later on.

[John2255]

hi [color=#330000]suzanne4 ,

thank you very much for your kind reply. would you please comment on multiple filing of i-140 with different employers. would i face any problems with uscis. i am ready to face the consequences from the employer's side and i just wanna know whether there is any problem from uscis. i need your expert opinion badly.

[suzanne4, RN]

Actually it is not permitted, you can only have one pending at a time. That is why if a nurse comes here on a tourist visa, then applies for an extension, they cannot have a petition filed on their behalf unitl they get approval or denial from the USCIS, as you cannot have two applications pending.

[John2255]

I am really thankful to the great suzanne for giving me your wonderful piece of informations. Now all my doubts are solved and thank you all once again