Employment-Based Immigration
What is Employment-Based Immigration?
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides a yearly minimum of 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas which allows aliens to obtain U.S. permanent residence (green card) through the employment-based immigration process. There are generally five preference categories in Employment-Based Immigration.
Categories in Employment Immigration?
The categories in Employment-Based Immigration are listed below:
| Catogory | Description |
|---|---|
| EB-1A | Extraordinary Ability Worker |
| EB-1B | Outstanding Professors and Managers |
| EB-1C | Multinational Executives and Managers |
| EB-2 | Workers with Exceptional Ability and Advanced Degree |
| EB-2 with NIV | EB-2 Workers with Natinal Interest Waiver |
| EB-3 | Professional, Skilled and Unskilled Worker |
| EB-4 | Special Immigrants |
| EB-5 | Investment Immigration |
An important part in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories is the application of Labor Certification. Please visit the Labor Certification page for detail information. The current program to apply for Labor Certification is called PERM, and there is a shortened process of Labor Certification for certain job classification on "Schedule A".
