Permanent Workers

A foreign national can immigrate to the United States based on their job skills. If you have the right combination of skills, education, and/or work experience and are otherwise eligible, you may be able to live permanently in the United States. The five employment-based immigrant visa preferences (categories) are listed below.

First Preference EB-1:

This preference is reserved for persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics; outstanding professors or researchers; and multinational executives and managers

Second Preference EB-2:

This preference is reserved for persons who are members of the professions holding advanced degrees or for persons with exceptional ability in the arts, sciences, or business. A labor certification is required, unless applicant can obtain a national interest waiver.

Third Preference EB-3:

This preference is reserved for professionals, skilled workers, and other workers. A labor certification is required.

Fourth Preference EB-4:

This preference is reserved for “special immigrants,” which includes certain religious workers, employees of U.S. foreign service posts, retired employees of international organizations, alien minors who are wards of courts in the United States, and other classes of aliens.

Fifth Preference EB-5:

The EB-5 Investor program is the easiest, fastest and direct path to the green card in the U.S. In general, the investor must meet capital investment amount requirements, job creation requirements, and ensure that the business receiving the investment qualifies for the EB-5 program.

This preference is reserved for business investors who invest $1.8 million or $900,000 (if the investment is made in a targeted employment area) in a new commercial enterprise that employs at least 10 full-time U.S. workers.

Benefits of the EB5 Investor Visa

Permanent residency in the United States (green cards) for you, your spouse and any unmarried children under 21.
The foreign investor and his family are not required to live in the area of their investment and may live or work anywhere in the U.S.
Become a U.S Citizen after 5 years of being a green card holder.
No day-to-day business management.
No backlog for the EB5 Visa Investor category.
No Petitioner, Employer or Sponsor Needed.
No requirement of a labor certification.
Foreign nationals who wish to study in the US receive great cost savings, and can take advantage of in-state tuition rates, grants and scholarships.