Employment Immigration

Temporary (nonimmigrant) visa categories

  • B/Visa Waiver (visitors for business or pleasure)
  • E-1 and E-2 (treaty traders and investors)
  • E-3 (Australian specialty occupation workers for individuals with relevant college degrees)
  • F (students)
  • H (specialty occupation workers for individuals with relevant college degrees)
  • J (exchange visitors)
  • L (intracompany transferees from affiliate organizations abroad)
  • O (individuals of extraordinary ability)
  • R (ministers and religious workers)
  • TN (professional workers from Canada and Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement)

Permanent (green card) categories

  • EB-1 – Employment-based First Preference:
    • Individuals of extraordinary ability
    • Outstanding professors and researchers
    • Multinational managers
  • EB-2 – Employment-based Second Preference for individuals seeking a National Interest Waiver (NIW)Labor Certification (PERM)-based preference petitions:
  • EB-2 – Employment-based Second Preference for individuals whose jobs require an advanced degree and who have a relevant degree
  • EB-3 – Employment-based Third Preference
    • Professional workers with relevant bachelor’s degrees
    • Skilled workers with at least two years of relevant experience