“While accounting for only 13 percent of the population, foreign-born individuals account for about one-third of U.S. patented innovations (Kerr and Lincoln 2011). One-quarter of all U.S.-based Nobel laureates of the past fifty years were foreign born (Peri 2007). Immigrants have been founders of 25 percent of new high-tech companies, with more than $1 million in sales in 2006, generating income and employment for the whole country (Hunt and GauthierLoiselle 2010).”
Giovanni Peri, Rationalizing U.S. Immigration Policy: Brooking Institute 2012.
The Immigration and Nationality Act provides at least 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas annually which are divided into five preference categories.
Obtaining employment-based green cards are complex and require comprehensive case analysis. We are dedicated to helping you choose the best option to work and stay permanently in the United States.
First Priority (EB-1) - Priority Workers
- Individuals with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics
- Outstanding researchers/professors
- Certain multinational executives/managers
Second Preference (EB-2)
- Individuals holding advanced degrees or bachelor’s degrees + at least 5 years of work experience
- Individuals who have exceptional ability
- National Interest Waiver
Third Preference (EB-3)
- Professional workers holding bachelor’s degrees
- Skilled workers having at least 2 years of work experience or training
- Other (Unskilled) workers
Fourth Preference (EB-4) - Special Immigrants
- Religious workers – Ministers and non-ministers in religious vocations and occupations
- Retired workers who were employed by international organizations
- Special Immigrant Juveniles
- Others
Fifth Preference (EB-5) – Immigrant Investors Regional Centers
- Foreign investors who invest in U.S. businesses that employ at least 10 U.S. workers or indirectly create at least 10 jobs for U.S. workers
