This immigrant visa preference category is designed for all those people who are skilled workers, professionals or other workers and want to immigrate to the USA.
Skilled workers:
This subcategory is for all those individuals whose job requires a minimum of 2 years training or work experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.
Professionals:
This subcategory is for all those individuals whose job require at least a U.S. baccalaureate degree or a foreign equivalent and are a member of the professions are considered as professionals
Other workers:
This subcategory is for all those individuals performing unskilled labour that requires less than 2 years of training or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature are considered in the category of other workers
In order to apply for this category, all the applicants must meet the eligibility criteria.
Eligibility Criteria
|
Sub-categories |
Evidence |
Certification |
| Skilled Workers | · The applicants must be able to demonstrate at least 2 years of job experience or training
· The applicants must be performing work for which qualified workers are not available in the United States |
Labor certification and a permanent, full-time job offer required. |
| Professionals | · The applicants must be able to demonstrate that they possess a U.S. baccalaureate degree or foreign degree equivalent and that a baccalaureate degree is a normal requirement for entry into the occupation
· The applicant must be performing work for which qualified workers are not available in the United States · Education and experience may not be substituted for a baccalaureate degree |
Labor certification and a permanent, full-time job offer required. |
| Unskilled Workers (Other Workers) | The applicants must be capable, at the time the petition is filed on their behalf, of performing unskilled labour (requiring less than 2 years training or experience), that is not of a temporary or seasonal nature, for which qualified workers are not available in the United States. | Labour certification and a permanent, full-time job offer required. |
