The following summarizes my current situation:

- H1B Visa Valid until June 2009
- I-140 Approved in January of 2008
- I-485 pending under EB3 category
- Priority date: Dec. 2005.
- EAD valid until Oct 2010

In December of this year I will graduate from my MBA degree. I will soon be interviewing with other companies for positions requiring MBA degrees. They have told me that they do not sponsor immigration cases.

I would need to make a commitment to start working for them by June of 2009, hoping that by then my green card will have arrived.

Alternately, I would like to know if I can change my status from EB3 to EB2 by hiring my own lawyer and without the new company’s intervention, other than their written permanent employment offer.

Thanks