Have you received a job offer from a United States employer? Do you have exceptional abilities or is your work in the national interest of the United States? Is your employer willing to sponsor you for a green card including for a long term process known as labor certification? If you have a job skill wanted by a United States employer, you may be eligible for a green card. Eligibility for a green card through employment is contingent on you having an offer for full-time permanent United States based work from an employer that is permanently located in the United States. See I.N.A. § 212, 8 U.S.C. §1182
However, only a limited number of green cards are available, 140,000 green cards yearly leading to waits of several months or years based on one’s place in the following preference categories:
(i) Employment First Preference EB-1: Priority workers, which includes the following
(a) workers with extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, education, business or athletics,
(b) outstanding professors and researchers, and
(c) managers and executives of multinational companies
(ii) Employment Second Preference EB-2: Workers with exceptional ability or advanced degrees.
(iii) Employment Third Preference EB-3: Professionals and skilled or unskilled workers.
(iv) Employment Fourth Preference EB-4: Religious workers, foreign medical graduates who have been in the United States for a while, foreign works who are longtime United States government employees abroad, foreign nationals declared dependent on juvenile courts in the United States, “special immigrant juveniles,” employees of certain international organization or retired officers who have lived in the United States for a certain time, men and or women who honorably served for 12 years on active United States military duty after October 15, 1978, Iraqi and Afghan translators or interpreters, Iraqis who assisted the United States, Panama Canal Zone workers, persons coming to work as broadcasters for the International Broadcasting Bureau of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and or NATO civilian employees and their families. If you believe that you are eligible for an EB-4 visa, contact us to ensure that the submission of forms, fees and documents for the visa petition.
(v) Employment Fifth Preference EB-5: Individual investors willing to invest $1.05 million in a United States business or $800,000 if that business is in an economically depressed area. Additionally, the minimum investment of $1,050,000 must create a new United States business or restructure or expand one that already exists. The investment required amount may be reduced to $800,000 if the business is located in a rural area or an urban area with an unemployment rate certified by USCIS to be at least 150% of the national average. Further the investor must be actively engaged in the company in a policy forming and or managerial role. See 8 C.F.R. § 204.6(j)(5) One’s source of acquiring the money is inconsequential as long as it is obtained lawfully. Further, the business must employ at least ten full time workers implying at least thirty five hours of service per week, produce a service or product and benefit the United State’s economy. Contact us if you deem you are eligible for an EB-5 visa as USCIS may easily reject your application in the EB-5 category partly due to the eligibility requirements being narrow and strict due to the category’s history of fraud and misuse.” to “Further, the investor must be actively engaged in the company in a policy forming and or managerial role. See 8 C.F.R. § 204.6(j)(5) One’s source of acquiring the money is inconsequential as long as it is obtained lawfully. Moreover, the business must employ at least ten full time workers implying at least thirty five hours of service per week, produce a service or product and benefit the United State’s economy. Contact us if you deem you are eligible for an EB-5 visa as USCIS may easily reject your application in the EB-5 category partly due to the eligibility requirements being narrow and strict due to the category’s history of fraud and misuse.
H-1B visa is available for you if you are in an occupation requiring highly specialized knowledge. See I.N.A. § 101(a)(15)(H), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a) (15) (H) The following must be met in order to qualify for an H-1B visa:
(i) You must have a job offer from a United States employer for duties to be performed in the United States and at least offered the prevailing wage paid in the same geographic areas for that type of job or the actual wage paid to similar workers at that employer, whichever is higher
(ii) Your intent for coming to or remaining in the United States should be to perform services in a speciality occupation with a college degree or its equivalent in work experience or, to be a distinguished fashion model
(iii) Your background must qualify you for the job you have been offered, and
(iv) Your employer must have filed and received approval of a Labor Condition Application (LCA) from the Department of Labor (DOL)
Your job must also meet certain criteria. If you qualify for an H-1B visa, your spouse and unmarried children under age 21 can apply for H-4 visas by providing proof of their family relationship to you. H-4 visas ensure members of your family can stay, study and perhaps work in the United States with you. However, like you, they must prove that they are not inadmissible to the United States.
It is extremely important that you hire an experienced Immigration Attorney because more people attempt to get H-1B visas yearly than there are available. We can help ensure that your application is done properly the first time and is filed prior to the visa running out. Contact us to prepare and file your H-1B visa petition.
H-2B are aimed at skilled and unskilled workers. To meet eligibility criteria,
(i) You must be from a participating country (www.uscis.gov click on “Working in the U.S.,” Temporary Workers,” then “H-2B Non-Agricultural workers”) or qualify for an exception. In order to qualify for an exception, if you are from a non-participating country, you must show that you are the beneficiary of an approved H-2B petition and approval would serve the United States’ interest.
(ii) You must have a job offer from a United States employer with the correct background and abilities for the job that you have been offered. Further, there must be no qualified United States worker.
(iii) You must intend to return to your home country.
If you qualify for an H-2B visa, your spouse and unmarried children under age 21 can apply for H-4. However, like you, they must prove that they are not inadmissible to the United States. It is extremely important that you hire an experienced Immigration Attorney because more people attempt to get H-2B visas yearly than there are available. We can help ensure that your application is done properly the first time and is filed prior to the visa running out. Contact us to prepare and file your H-2B visa petition.
The following criteria must be met in order for you to qualify for an H-3 visa
(i) You must have a specific offer to participate in a job training that will further your career abroad from a United States company or government agency
(ii) The training must be unavailable in your country,
(iii) Any productive employment must not be incidental and necessary to the training activities
(iv) You must have the correct background for the training program that you are offered
(v) You must intend to return to your home country
If you qualify for an H-3 visa, your spouse and unmarried children under age 21 can apply for H-4, which enables them to stay with you in the United States but not to work there. We can help ensure that your application is done properly the first time and is filed prior to the visa running out. Contact us to prepare and file your H-3 visa petition.
You are eligible for an L-1 visa if you have been employed outside the United States for at least one continuous year out of the last three and are transferred to the United States to work as a manager, an executive or a specialized-knowledge worker. The United States company that you are transferring to, must be a parent, branch, subsidiary, an affiliate or a joint venture partner of your non-United States employer.
The non-United States company, implying physically located outside the United States, must remain in operation while you have the L-1 visa. Managers and executives receive an L-1A visa and those with specialized knowledge receive an L-1B visa.
If you qualify for an L-1 visa, your spouse and unmarried children under age 21 can get L-2 visas, enabling them to stay with you in the United States though only your spouse may work, by providing proof of their family relationship to you. Contact us to ensure that your application is correctly done the first time and to deal with the bureaucratic hurdles.
The United States established the E-1 category by entering into trade treaties with several countries to assist those countries’ citizens to easily engage in international trading activities. See I.N.A. § 101(a)(15)(E), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a) (15) (E); 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(e); 22 C.F.R. §41.51.
If you are a business person from one of the several countries, and you intend to engage in substantial trade with the United States or work for an enterprise that does substantial trade with the United States, then an E-1 may be the visa for you. You qualify for an E-1 visa if:
(i) You are from a qualifying country
(ii) You work for a qualifying business
(iii) You have either 50% or greater owner or key employee
(iv) Most of your country’s trade must be with the United States
The E-1 can be renewed indefinitely and there is no limit on the number of E-1 visas that can be issued yearly. Contact us to apply for an E-1 visa because determining if you are eligible for an E-1 visa can be challenging and the procedural requirements are as complicated as other United States visas.
E-2 visa allows businesspeople from certain countries to work in the United States for a business wherein people from their country have invested. See I.N.A. § 101(a)(15)(E), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a) (15) (E); 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(e); 22 C.F.R. §41.51. The following are the requirements for acquiring an E-2 visa:
(i) You must be a citizen of a country that has an investor treaty with the United States
(ii) You must be coming to work in the United States for a company you own or one that is at least 50% owned by other nationals of your home country.
(iii) You must be the owner or key employer of the United States business
(iv) You or the company must have made a substantial investment in the United States business
(v) The United States company must be an active for-profit business
(vi) You must intend to leave the United States when your business in the United States is completed.
If you qualify for an E-2 visa, your spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 can also get E-2 visas if they provide proof of their family relationship to you. Your spouse may work in the United States but not your children. Contact us to apply for an E-2 visa because determining if you are eligible for an E-2 visa can be challenging and the procedural requirements are as complicated as other United States visas.
Have you received a job offer from a United States employer? Do you have exceptional abilities or is your work in the national interest of the United States? Is your employer willing to sponsor you for a green card including for a long term process known as labor certification? If you have a job skill wanted by a United States employer, you may be eligible for a green card. Eligibility for a green card through employment is contingent on you having an offer for full-time permanent United States based work from an employer that is permanently located in the United States. See I.N.A. § 212, 8 U.S.C. §1182
However, only a limited number of green cards are available, 140,000 green cards yearly leading to waits of several months or years based on one’s place in the following preference categories:
(i) Employment First Preference EB-1: Priority workers, which includes the following
(a) workers with extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, education, business or athletics,
(b) outstanding professors and researchers, and
(c) managers and executives of multinational companies
(ii) Employment Second Preference EB-2: Workers with exceptional ability or advanced degrees.
(iii) Employment Third Preference EB-3: Professionals and skilled or unskilled workers.
(iv) Employment Fourth Preference EB-4: Religious workers, foreign medical graduates who have been in the United States for a while, foreign works who are longtime United States government employees abroad, foreign nationals declared dependent on juvenile courts in the United States, “special immigrant juveniles,” employees of certain international organization or retired officers who have lived in the United States for a certain time, men and or women who honorably served for 12 years on active United States military duty after October 15, 1978, Iraqi and Afghan translators or interpreters, Iraqis who assisted the United States, Panama Canal Zone workers, persons coming to work as broadcasters for the International Broadcasting Bureau of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and or NATO civilian employees and their families. If you believe that you are eligible for an EB-4 visa, contact us to ensure that the submission of forms, fees and documents for the visa petition.
(v) Employment Fifth Preference EB-5: Individual investors willing to invest $1.05 million in a United States business or $800,000 if that business is in an economically depressed area. Additionally, the minimum investment of $1,050,000 must create a new United States business or restructure or expand one that already exists. The investment required amount may be reduced to $800,000 if the business is located in a rural area or an urban area with an unemployment rate certified by USCIS to be at least 150% of the national average. Further the investor must be actively engaged in the company in a policy forming and or managerial role. See 8 C.F.R. § 204.6(j)(5) One’s source of acquiring the money is inconsequential as long as it is obtained lawfully. Further, the business must employ at least ten full time workers implying at least thirty five hours of service per week, produce a service or product and benefit the United State’s economy. Contact us if you deem you are eligible for an EB-5 visa as USCIS may easily reject your application in the EB-5 category partly due to the eligibility requirements being narrow and strict due to the category’s history of fraud and misuse.” to “Further, the investor must be actively engaged in the company in a policy forming and or managerial role. See 8 C.F.R. § 204.6(j)(5) One’s source of acquiring the money is inconsequential as long as it is obtained lawfully. Moreover, the business must employ at least ten full time workers implying at least thirty five hours of service per week, produce a service or product and benefit the United State’s economy. Contact us if you deem you are eligible for an EB-5 visa as USCIS may easily reject your application in the EB-5 category partly due to the eligibility requirements being narrow and strict due to the category’s history of fraud and misuse.
H-1B visa is available for you if you are in an occupation requiring highly specialized knowledge. See I.N.A. § 101(a)(15)(H), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a) (15) (H) The following must be met in order to qualify for an H-1B visa:
(i) You must have a job offer from a United States employer for duties to be performed in the United States and at least offered the prevailing wage paid in the same geographic areas for that type of job or the actual wage paid to similar workers at that employer, whichever is higher
(ii) Your intent for coming to or remaining in the United States should be to perform services in a speciality occupation with a college degree or its equivalent in work experience or, to be a distinguished fashion model
(iii) Your background must qualify you for the job you have been offered, and
(iv) Your employer must have filed and received approval of a Labor Condition Application (LCA) from the Department of Labor (DOL)
Your job must also meet certain criteria. If you qualify for an H-1B visa, your spouse and unmarried children under age 21 can apply for H-4 visas by providing proof of their family relationship to you. H-4 visas ensure members of your family can stay, study and perhaps work in the United States with you. However, like you, they must prove that they are not inadmissible to the United States.
It is extremely important that you hire an experienced Immigration Attorney because more people attempt to get H-1B visas yearly than there are available. We can help ensure that your application is done properly the first time and is filed prior to the visa running out. Contact us to prepare and file your H-1B visa petition.
H-2B are aimed at skilled and unskilled workers. To meet eligibility criteria,
(i) You must be from a participating country (www.uscis.gov click on “Working in the U.S.,” Temporary Workers,” then “H-2B Non-Agricultural workers”) or qualify for an exception. In order to qualify for an exception, if you are from a non-participating country, you must show that you are the beneficiary of an approved H-2B petition and approval would serve the United States’ interest.
(ii) You must have a job offer from a United States employer with the correct background and abilities for the job that you have been offered. Further, there must be no qualified United States worker.
(iii) You must intend to return to your home country.
If you qualify for an H-2B visa, your spouse and unmarried children under age 21 can apply for H-4. However, like you, they must prove that they are not inadmissible to the United States. It is extremely important that you hire an experienced Immigration Attorney because more people attempt to get H-2B visas yearly than there are available. We can help ensure that your application is done properly the first time and is filed prior to the visa running out. Contact us to prepare and file your H-2B visa petition.
The following criteria must be met in order for you to qualify for an H-3 visa
(i) You must have a specific offer to participate in a job training that will further your career abroad from a United States company or government agency
(ii) The training must be unavailable in your country,
(iii) Any productive employment must not be incidental and necessary to the training activities
(iv) You must have the correct background for the training program that you are offered
(v) You must intend to return to your home country
If you qualify for an H-3 visa, your spouse and unmarried children under age 21 can apply for H-4, which enables them to stay with you in the United States but not to work there. We can help ensure that your application is done properly the first time and is filed prior to the visa running out. Contact us to prepare and file your H-3 visa petition.
You are eligible for an L-1 visa if you have been employed outside the United States for at least one continuous year out of the last three and are transferred to the United States to work as a manager, an executive or a specialized-knowledge worker. The United States company that you are transferring to, must be a parent, branch, subsidiary, an affiliate or a joint venture partner of your non-United States employer.
The non-United States company, implying physically located outside the United States, must remain in operation while you have the L-1 visa. Managers and executives receive an L-1A visa and those with specialized knowledge receive an L-1B visa.
If you qualify for an L-1 visa, your spouse and unmarried children under age 21 can get L-2 visas, enabling them to stay with you in the United States though only your spouse may work, by providing proof of their family relationship to you. Contact us to ensure that your application is correctly done the first time and to deal with the bureaucratic hurdles.
The United States established the E-1 category by entering into trade treaties with several countries to assist those countries’ citizens to easily engage in international trading activities. See I.N.A. § 101(a)(15)(E), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a) (15) (E); 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(e); 22 C.F.R. §41.51.
If you are a business person from one of the several countries, and you intend to engage in substantial trade with the United States or work for an enterprise that does substantial trade with the United States, then an E-1 may be the visa for you. You qualify for an E-1 visa if:
(i) You are from a qualifying country
(ii) You work for a qualifying business
(iii) You have either 50% or greater owner or key employee
(iv) Most of your country’s trade must be with the United States
The E-1 can be renewed indefinitely and there is no limit on the number of E-1 visas that can be issued yearly. Contact us to apply for an E-1 visa because determining if you are eligible for an E-1 visa can be challenging and the procedural requirements are as complicated as other United States visas.
E-2 visa allows businesspeople from certain countries to work in the United States for a business wherein people from their country have invested. See I.N.A. § 101(a)(15)(E), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a) (15) (E); 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(e); 22 C.F.R. §41.51. The following are the requirements for acquiring an E-2 visa:
(i) You must be a citizen of a country that has an investor treaty with the United States
(ii) You must be coming to work in the United States for a company you own or one that is at least 50% owned by other nationals of your home country.
(iii) You must be the owner or key employer of the United States business
(iv) You or the company must have made a substantial investment in the United States business
(v) The United States company must be an active for-profit business
(vi) You must intend to leave the United States when your business in the United States is completed.
If you qualify for an E-2 visa, your spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 can also get E-2 visas if they provide proof of their family relationship to you. Your spouse may work in the United States but not your children. Contact us to apply for an E-2 visa because determining if you are eligible for an E-2 visa can be challenging and the procedural requirements are as complicated as other United States visas.
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