Green Card (employment)
EB-1
Extraordinary Ability
This category is an employment-based, first-preference visa for those with an extraordinary ability
EB-1
Multinational Executives
This category is an employment-based, first-preference immigrant visa for a multinational executive or manager
EB-1
Outstanding Researcher
This category is an employment-based, first-preference visa for outstanding professors or researchers.
EB-2
National Interest Waiver
You may be eligible for this category of green card if you have an exceptional ability to benefit the interest of the United States. Exceptional Ability means a degree of expertise significantly above that ordinarily encountered in the sciences, arts, or business.
Aliens seeking a national interest waiver are requesting that the Labor Certification be waived because it is in the interest of the United States.
EB-2
Advanced Degree Holders
This is an employment-based, second preference visa category for professionals holding an advanced degree or its equivalent.
EB-3
Skilled Workers, Professional, or other worker
You may be eligible for this immigrant visa preference category if you are a skilled worker, professional, or other worker.
EB-4
Religious Workers
You may be eligible for this category of green card if you are a minister or non-minister in a religious vocation and occupation.
EB-5
Immigrant Investors
The fifth employment based preference category was created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. Under a pilot immigration program first enacted in 1992 and regularly reauthorized since, certain EB-5 visas are also set aside for investors in Regional Centers designated by USCIS based on proposals for promoting economic growth.