As a researcher in a university, my I-140 NIW self-application has been approved. Thank you very much for your help and your excellent NIW DIY package.

I can not file the I-485 application at this time due to the visa number unavailability for aliens in my home country. Because of the reason of funding, I need to change job next month. The new job will be paid about $6,000 higher salary, and it is a job little different from the current one. Do you think that the job change will be OK for my approved I-140 and my I-485 application in the future?

The USCIS adjudicators will not deny the Form I-485 application for the job change because of the wage difference, unless there is a substantial discrepancy between the current and the new wage. In the event that the adjudicator finds such a substantial discrepancy, they are permitted to relook at the new employment to see whether it is indeed a same or similar occupational classification, even if the position generally falls under the same or similar classification.