How We Can Help With Your EB-2 Visa
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Posted on 11-10-2023 12:41 PM
Is the eb-5 visa program a good fit for you? before embarking on the eb-5 journey, you should assess if this program aligns with your immigration and financial goals.
Key considerations include:.
An advanced degree for an eb-2 visa is the united states advanced degree (degrees above a bachelor’s) or a foreign equivalent degree.
The eb-1 extraordinary ability visa is a first preference employment based immigrant visa that grants lawful permanent residence to qualified candidates. Xu law groups has successfully helped international talents obtain the eb-1 visa. Contact us for an eb-1 extraordinary ability visa consultation today. Discover everything you need to know about eb1 processing time, steps involved, and how to speed up the process. Stay informed and plan your immigration journey efficiently. Talk to a eb1a lawyer.
Additional EB-2 Visa Requirements
Each year the us makes available a limited number of immigrant visas for those who seek to immigrate based on their job skills. There are five employment-based (eb) immigrant visa preferences (categories), and each category has certain requirements that must be met.
Employment-based cases are ranked according to the importance of that particular profession to the national interest of the us, which depends upon the occupation’s economic, scientific, technological, and social contributions to the us. Ut dallas sponsors the eb-1 and the eb-2 categories for qualifying positions upon approval. In an effort to keep the integrity of the visa program and its relation to high-level research, requests for permanent residency sponsorship will be limited to faculty positions.
The eb3 visa is a route to permanent residency in the us for skilled and unskilled workers. The eb3 visa process is simple. Us companies can sponsor foreign workers for green cards through full-time job offers. These companies have to undergo the “perm labor certification” process with the dol as well. Currently, 28. 6% of all green cards made available in the us to foreign workers are assigned towards the eb3 visa. That’s 40,000+ eb3 visas given out every year. To qualify for us eb-3 visas, applicants have to meet way fewer requirements (compared to eb2 visas). But, this also means that a lot of people apply for eb3 visas and the wait list for approval is usually very long.
Yes, the two are very different in terms of their requirements, processing times, and the documentation required for each. In general, an eb-2 or other employment-based visa requires a formal job offer for the applicant to be eligible to apply. Additionally, it requires a labor certification from the department of labor. An eb-2 with niw, on the other hand, does not require any offer of employment. The petitioner is not required to go through the labor certification process with the department of labor. This is provided that the petitioner (applicant) can prove that his or her admission to the united states would be of national benefit.
Once the priority date becomes current, how long does it take to get a green card?
The concept of priority date was introduced by us dept of state to track an applicant’s place in the green card issuance queue. In short, “priority date is your place in line for getting green card”. For family based green cards, it is when i-130 form was properly filed with uscis for employment based green cards that require labor certification, it is when us dept of labor accepted the labor certification for processing. For employment based green cards that do not need labor certification, it is the date when uscis accepts i-140 for processing. Us dept of state tracks the priority date movements in monthly visa bulletin , where the current priority dates are listed by category and country of birth.
A priority date is very important for employment-based immigrant categories with extensive backlogs. Priority dates determine when visas for these categories are available for aliens seeking legal permanent residency in the united states based on the earliest date that they declared their intent to seek permanent us residency. The earlier a priority date is, the earlier an alien can submit an i-485, the last step in receiving a green card. Thus, it is important to know how an individual’s priority date is established and how to maintain that priority date during the often long green card process. Just as an example of the importance of a priority date we can look at the visa bulletin for august 2012.
Your priority date is your place in line to get a green card. If your employer sponsored you for a green card using the perm process, your priority date is the day that the u. S. Department of labor received the perm application. If no perm application was filed on your behalf because it was not required, your priority date is the day that the uscis received the i-140 visa petition filed by your employer. Once you know what your eb2 priority date is, you can see whether it is “current” by checking the state department’s monthly visa bulletin.
There is now an unprecedented opportunity for experienced south african pilots to apply for permanent residence (green card) in the u. S. Under the eb-2 program without obtaining a job offer. Reports predict that there will be severe shortage of pilots in the u. S. By 2023 and the country will need a total of 65,000 new pilots in the next 10 years to meet the demand for air travel. As the demand for professional pilots continues to rise, south african pilots holding the appropriate background may now apply for a green card for themselves and their families through the eb-2 national interest waiver program.
There are only a few situations in which you would not need to have your employer obtain a perm on your behalf. All three categories of the eb-1 green card do not require the perm. Additionally, if you qualify for the eb-2 but would like to avoid the perm requirement, you will need to apply for a national interest waiver, which would require you to demonstrate that the u. S. Would benefit more from waiving the perm requirement than it would be enforcing it.
Written by taher kameli & chathan vemuri eb-5 and other professional green card.