Aaccording to your answers to #2 and #3, will it still be ok for the university to file PERM for me under Special Handling even if my H1 has less than one year left to reach the 6-year limit?
-Yes. After PERM is approved, you can file I-140 and use premium processing to get the I-140 approved in 15 days. Thus, you can extend your h1 for another 3 years beyond the 6 year limit.
I knew that usually PERM will have to filed one year before reaching the 6-year limit. Am I right?
-Yes, but that only applys to that the I-140 is not approved. If the I-140 is approved before your H1 reaches the 6 year limit, you can extend your H1 for another 3 years no matter when your PERM is filed.
As for #4, The new position is actually a faculty librarian position in charge of the IT in the library and require to have both librarian and computer science master degrees. don't have a Phd degree.
The librarian will teach library instruction classes. Do you think it will be fine with Special Handling?
-Yes only if the library instruction classes/courses are counted as credit courses, i.e. students taking these courses can count the course credit hours into their course load and their transcripts or for their degree plan (selective or required courses).
I am already a tenured librarian faculty in my current college, but they don't want to support my Green Card. Do you think it is possible for me to go with o-1 after 6-year H1 or if I don't get time to file I-140?
-If your qualifications meet the O-1 status requirements, you do not need the I-140 or PERM for O-1 status. O-1 status has no time limit (can be renewed unlimitedly) and not related to H1, I-140, etc. But you had better find a lawyer to evalute your qualifications to see whether it is good enough for O-1 because O-1 status requirement is higher.
