How to Immigrate to the United States with an Employment-Based Green Card
An Employment Based-Green Card[Permanent Residence Card] is one of the ways immigrants can become lawful permanent residents in the United States of America. The Employment Based Green card[Permanent visa] is designed specially for those who are not citizens of the U.S and want to immigrate to the country legally.
There are other ways of achieving this like through family sponsorship which is known as family-based immigration and via study route which happens to be a common means now. All skilled immigrants workers will need to acquire a green card regardless of their qualification to be eligible to work and this page will highlight the various employment-based (EB) “preference immigrant” categories.
What is an Employment-Based Green Card?
In the United states of America, a green card is also known as Permanent visa and one of the common ways of securing one is via Lottery[Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery]. The mode of application for an Employment Based Green card is highly dependent on the category the immigrant falls into and we’re going to highlight the various EB Green card categories below.
Categories of Employment-Based[EB] Green Cards
The Employment Based Green cards is classified into the following:
- EB-1[First preference]
- EB-2 [Second preference]
- EB-3 [Third preference]
EB-1[First preference]
EB-1 visa is for priority workers and immigrants with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics. Outstanding professors and researchers; or certain multinational managers and executives are also listed as priority workers.
EB-2[Second preference]
EB-2 Visa is for immigrants who are members of the professions holding advanced degrees or who have exceptional ability (including requests for national interest waivers). To be eligible for this visa, the applicant must have an exceptional ability and advanced degree.
EB-3 [Third preference]
EB-3 Visa is for skilled workers, professionals, or other workers. You’re eligible for this visa as a skilled worker, professionals, or other workers provided you meet the educational requirements.
Documents Needed To for Employment-Based Green Card
When applying for an employment based Green card, applicants will need to provide the following documents:
- Civil Documents for the applicant
- Financial Support
- Completed Medical Examination Forms
- Passport(s) valid for six months beyond the intended date of entry into the United States
- Form DS-260, Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application.
- Two passport-style photographs
How To Obtain An Employment Based Green Card
The steps to obtain an employment based green card are outlined below:
- Obtaining of Labor certification approval by employer or agent
- Filing of petition with USCIS
- USCIS sends petition to the National Visa Center
- Immigrant applies for an immigrant visa or Green Card