Under the United States Immigration Law, an alien can become a permanent resident of the United States (Green Card Holder) through the employment based categories. Employment based petitions are divided into following categories:

EB-1: Priority workers
EB-2: Professionals with advanced degrees or exceptional ability
EB-3: Professionals and skilled and unskilled workers
EB-4: Special Immigrants such as religious worker and special immigrant juvenile
EB-5: Immigrant Investors

General Requirements:

• For most EB categories, sponsoring employer must file and get permanent labor certificate from the U.S Labor department.
• Labor certification is not required if petition needs to file under EB-1 (Extraordinary ability), EB-2(National Interest Waiver), EB-4( Special Immigrants),and EB-5 (Investment Immigrants)
• Upon approval of labor certification, sponsoring employer needs to file immigrant petition with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
• Once USCIS approved immigrant petition, if beneficiary already in the United States, he may apply for adjustment of status in the U.S. otherwise he has to go through consular processing.

If you are an employer and willing to sponsor foreign national for a permanent position and would like to start process, please call Law office of Sudeep K. Sharma, PLLC, at 718-536-9618 for free consultation. Our dedicated and experienced attorneys will analyze sponsoring employer or self petitioner’s particular circumstances and eligibility to start employment based green card application process.