obsidian-yanxin/documents/immigration/greencard/summary.md

type, category, person, date, petition_type

type	category	person	date	petition_type
immigration	immigration	Yanxin Lu	2020	I-140 Immigrant Petition / PERM (1st)

I-140 Immigrant Petition & Supporting Documents - Yanxin Lu

Key Facts

• Beneficiary: Yanxin Lu (A# 218-056-203)
• Petitioner/Employer: Facebook Inc.
• Filing Date: 07/22/2020
• Approval Date: 07/29/2020 (Premium Processing)
• Receipt/Case Number: LIN2025750217
• Priority Date: 09/27/2019
• ETA Case Number: A-19261-59588 (1st PERM)
• Section: Member of Profession w/Advanced Degree, Sec.203(b)(2)
• SOC Code: 151133, Skill Level 2
• Work Site: Menlo Park, CA
• Status: Approved
• PERM Certification Valid: 06/29/2020 to 12/26/2020

Beneficiary Background

• Date of Birth: 10/17/1989
• Country of Birth/Citizenship: China
• Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Rice University (2019); B.S. in Computer Science, Baylor University (2012)
• Job Title at Facebook: Research Scientist (started 01/22/2019)
• Spouse: Xuewei Jiang
• Attorney: Gloria Luan, Berry Appleman Leiden LLP (FBDOL@balglobal.com)

Documents Included

• eta9089.pdf - ETA Form 9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification (1st PERM, Facebook)
• Yanxin Lu Draft ETA 9089.pdf - Draft version of the ETA 9089 form
• Lu, Yanxin I-140 Approval 29-JUL-2020.pdf - I-797 Notice of Action, I-140 approval
• Lu, Yanxin I-140 Receipt 22-JUL-2020.pdf - I-797C Receipt Notice for I-140 filing
• lu-i979b-h1b-2018.pdf - I-797B H-1B approval notice (2018)
• h1b_visa.pdf - H-1B visa stamp
• diploma_baylor.pdf - Baylor University diploma (B.S.)
• diploma_rice_ms.pdf - Rice University diploma (M.S.)
• diploma_rice_phd.pdf - Rice University diploma (Ph.D.)
• phd_degree.pdf - Ph.D. degree certificate
• baylor_transcript.pdf - Baylor University transcript
• rice_transcript.pdf - Rice University transcript (unofficial)
• rice_transcript_official.pdf - Rice University official transcript
• rice_transcript_official2.pdf - Rice University official transcript (2nd copy)
• ref_letter_baylor.pdf - Reference letter from Baylor University
• ref_letter_rice.pdf - Reference letter from Rice University
• ref_letter_rice.docx - Reference letter from Rice University (Word)
• Reference Letter Draft - Baylor Univ.docx - Draft reference letter from Baylor
• Reference Letter Draft - Rice Univ.docx - Draft reference letter from Rice
• letter_rice_2nd.docx - Second reference letter from Rice
• Yanxin-Lu-perm-swarat-ut.docx - PERM support letter from Swarat Chaudhuri (UT)
• Yanxin-Lu-perm-swarat-ut.pdf - PERM support letter from Swarat Chaudhuri (PDF)
• yanxin_resume.pdf - Resume/CV
• lawyer_perm_question.pdf - Lawyer PERM questionnaire responses
• new_passport.pdf - Current Chinese passport
• passport_old.pdf - Previous Chinese passport
• i94.pdf - I-94 Arrival/Departure record
• I94_oct_2019.pdf - I-94 record (October 2019)
• i20_2010.PDF - I-20 form (2010)
• i20_2012_baylor.pdf - I-20 from Baylor University (2012)
• i20_2012_rice.pdf - I-20 from Rice University (2012)
• i20_2014.pdf - I-20 (2014)
• i20_2015.pdf - I-20 (2015)
• i20_2017.pdf - I-20 (2017)
• i20_2018.pdf - I-20 (2018)
• I20_2018_08.pdf - I-20 (August 2018)
• lu_birth_cert.pdf - Birth certificate (Yanxin Lu)
• jiang_birth_cert.pdf - Birth certificate (Xuewei Jiang)
• jiang-f1-visa.pdf - F-1 visa (Xuewei Jiang)
• jiang-passport.pdf - Passport (Xuewei Jiang)
• jiang-i20.pdf - I-20 (Xuewei Jiang)
• jiang-i20-2020.pdf - I-20, 2020 (Xuewei Jiang)
• jiang-i94.pdf - I-94 (Xuewei Jiang)
• jiang-ead-small.pdf - EAD card (Xuewei Jiang)

Notable Details

• Premium Processing was used for the I-140, resulting in approval within 7 days
• The PERM was filed under Facebook Inc. with a priority date of 09/27/2019
• Position: Research Scientist at Facebook, Menlo Park, CA
• Ph.D. thesis: "Corpus-Driven Systems for Program Synthesis and Refactoring" at Rice University under Swarat Chaudhuri
• This was the first PERM; a second PERM was later filed under Meta Platforms Inc. (case 91.13190.21) after relocation