@ratna: "Hi,
I have read that there is no "fixed time" period that the law requires you
to work for an employer after you get your green card. Is that true?  Some
say it is 6 months, some say some other things. My question is Has anyone
experienced a problem at the citizenship interview because they had changed
the job too soon after getting the green card?  If so, how did you resolve
that?
While I had every intent to work for the employer permanently, circumstances
had changed that forced me to change the employer 3 months after my Green
cad (which came 12 months after I petitioned for I-485).
Please help by sharing your views..."
    @me: "Therein my friend lies the irony.  From what I have understood, this process
can take as long as years. Infact, for my GC, it took me close to 4 years
after I started and I was one of the faster cases!
It took me more than a year since I made I-485 change of status application
to get to the interview, then about 3 more months to get my card after the
interview.
During this time, I was with my sponsoring employer. However, I did not know
that I needed to stay for this "interpreted reasonable" amount of time.  It
just does not seem fair that you are expected to stay at the same position
with the same salary as you had over 4 years ago while the entire world
moves on.  This whole interpretation thing is extremely fuzzy to me.
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    @me: "UK_Nutter wrote on 11/30/2004 17:19:
<quote>
With the so-called AC21 legislation (officially "American 
Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act" or so), applicants who have a 
pending I-485 can change employers when the I-485 is pending for over 
180 days. Essentially, the new employer becomes the sponsor. So, the 
intent to work for the employer goes over to the new employer.
-Joe"
    @member269: "<quote>
With the so-called AC21 legislation (officially "American
Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act" or so), applicants who have a
pending I-485 can change employers when the I-485 is pending for over
180 days. Essentially, the new employer becomes the sponsor. So, the
intent to work for the employer goes over to the new employer.
-Joe[/QUOTE]
-  one is eligible to use AC21 if I-485 is pending more than 180
days and I-140  is Approved and new job is  same/similar as on approved
LC.
here is August 2003 Memo:
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    @me: "This used to be true, but always was subject to a lot of interpretation. 
If, as you said further down, you have been working for that employer 
for four years prior to the GC, I think it is highly unlikely that you 
would have problems.
Also, a few years ago, Congress explicitly allowed you to change jobs 
after the I-485 has been pending for 180 days. While Congress did not 
state so, it would be reasonable to assume that this implies that 
working for an employer for substantially more than 180 days should be 
considered strong evidence of the intent to work there permanently.
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everybody to seek competent legal counsel rather than relying on usenet
newsgroups.
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