Employment-Based Immigrant Categories and Visas

Foreign workers can acquire Permanent Resident Status (Green Card) under several conditions and programs, including:

• Professional workers or skilled and unskilled workers
• Priority workers, meaning persons of extraordinary ability, outstanding professors or researchers, and executives and managers of multinational companies (EB-1)
• Professionals holding advanced degrees or persons of exceptional ability in the arts, sciences, or business
• Religious workers, persons seeking reacquisition of citizenship, returning residents, Panama Canal Treaty employees, commuters from borders, retired G-4 officers, foreign medical graduates, and court defendants
• Investors in companies employing at least 10 U.S. citizens or authorized immigrant workers (EB-5)

For temporary workers, the list of employment immigration visa categories would include:

• Professionals (H-1B)
• Seasonal workers (H-2B)
• Fashion models and athletes (P)
• People entering the U.S. for training (Q)
• Religious workers (R)
• Nurses and other health professionals (H-1C)
• Investors (E)
• Representatives of foreign media companies (I)
• Canadian and Mexican citizens performing professional-level work (TN)
• Employees of international organizations (Q)

Our firm is here to help businesses hire the employees they need and to help talented workers gain admittance to the United States. Some categories are subject to quotas. Most of them call for labor certification. We help employers and employees determine which type is the best path to a green card.

Contact the S.A. Young Law Firm, P.A. today to schedule your free, initial consultation about immigration through employment.