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How should I prepare for my consular interview when going from EB-5 to EB-3?

I''m a conditional permanent resident under a long-pending I-829 from my family and I''m about to attend an EB-3 (sponsored by my employer) interview at a consulate and abandon my current conditional permanent residency. What questions should I prepare in case the officer asks about my conditional permanent residency and what are some documents I should bring with respect to my family''s EB-5 if any?

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    Salvatore Picataggio

    Immigration Attorney
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    Other than the standard preparation for the EB-3 process, they may ask a lot about former immigration history and processes. They may ask why you changed, and did you have the proper intent on previous process.

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    Bernard P Wolfsdorf

    Immigration Attorney
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    First, you need to surrender your existing status before they can issue a new green card. They may want to know more about the project and why it failed to see if you were in any way connected to the failure.

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    Fredrick W Voigtmann

    Immigration Attorney
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    Since you are a conditional permanent resident, you will need to execute Form I-407 to abandon your conditional LPR status and receive permanent status (immigrant visa) based upon the EB-3 case. There should not be any questions about your family''s I-829 case since it is not relevant to your EB-3 case, assuming no visa fraud of course.

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    Linda Liang

    Immigration Attorney
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    You need to prepare to answer questions as to why you decided to give up your EB-5 status and what proof you have to show that you are eligible for EB-3. You should bring the petitioning package prepared by your employer for you.