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Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Worker

What goes wrong on I-140?

The same few things, over and over — and every one of them is a completeness problem the software checks for before your packet is marked ready.

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Where cases go wrong

Foreign degrees with no credential evaluation

Recommendation letters that praise without evidencing the legal criteria

Misreading the Visa Bulletin — an approved I-140 is not yet a green card

Choosing a category the record does not support

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