Green Card: Employment Based Immigration

The Green Card offers foreign nationals the privilege of living and working permanently in the United States. U.S. companies sponsor employment-based Green Cards.

Below is a list of the various ways that you may qualify for an employment-based Green Card. Choose the appropriate category and click Start Now to learn more.


1.  Employment First Preference

          •   Persons with extraordinary ability
          •   Outstanding professors and researchers
          •   Managers and executives in multinational companies    


2.  Employment Second Preference

          •   Professionals with advanced degrees
          •   Persons with exceptional ability
          •   Exceptional professors and researchers    


3.      Employment Second Preference with National Interest Waiver (NIW)

          •       Persons with exceptional ability involved in activities that will substantially benefit the U.S. national interest
          •       Advanced degree professionals involved in activities that will substantially benefit the U.S. national interest
   

4.      Employment Third Preference

          •        Professionals with a U.S. bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree
          •       Skilled workers
          •       Unskilled workers