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 Professionals With a Bachelor’s Degree |
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An aspiring immigrant who has earned a Bachelor’s Degree or its foreign equivalent may be eligible for employment-based permanent residency. These “Professional Workers” are in the “EB-3” (third preference) category, which includes a diverse group of professionals, ranging from doctors to lawyers, engineers to architects, and teachers to scientists. |
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Advanced Degree Professionals |
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Certain aliens who are members of the professions holding advanced graduate degrees from recognized colleges and universities (American and foreign) may be eligible for a permanent immigrant visa for themselves and their immediate family members. Qualifying professionals include lawyers, doctors, dentists, engineers, academics, and many others. |
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Skilled Workers with at Least 2 Years of Training or Experience |
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The United States allocates a certain number of permanent immigrant visas each year to aliens who can be classified as “skilled workers.” This visa, known as an “Employment-Based Third Preference” or “EB-3” visa, is designed for qualified immigrants who are capable, at the time of petitioning for classification as an “EB-3” immigrant, of performing “skilled labor” that requires at least two years of training or experience—and that is not temporary or seasonal in nature—when qualified workers are not otherwise available in the U.S. |
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Nurses, Physical Therapists and Other Healthcare Workers |
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One of the most common ways that intending immigrants acquire lawful permanent residency in the U.S. is through their employment as a health-care worker. This method has become especially common in recent decades due to the severe shortages that currently exist in the U.S. health care industry. Despite the frequency with which aliens apply for their permanent residency as health-care workers, though, it remains one of the most complex areas of U.S. immigration law. |
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Permanent Green Card for Persons of Extraordinary Ability |
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Persons with "extraordinary ability" in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics may obtain a permanent residence (Green Card) through the First Preference Employment-Based Category (EB-1). Extraordinary ability is defined as a level of expertise indicating that the applicant is one of that small percentage who has risen to the very top of the field of endeavor. Applicants are exempt from applying for the labor certification from the Department of Labor. |
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