Procedures to Sponsor a Worker for a Green Card

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When no U.S. worker will do, or you've got an immigrant working for you on a temporary visa that you'd like to be able to hire permanently, it's time to enter the waters of green card sponsorship. Learn about this lengthy, multi-step process here.

Overview of Sponsoring Employer's Responsibilities

Sponsoring a Worker for a Green Card: Employer's Tasks
Introduction to steps the employer must take to initiate a foreign worker's green card application process.

Timeline for Sponsoring an Immigrant Worker for a Green Card
How long the process usually takes, required waiting period and deadlines, and more.

Employer's Obligations to Workers Being Sponsored for a Green Card
Fees you must pay, tasks you must handle, and more.

Step 1 for Green Card Sponsorship: PERM

Overview of PERM Process
A look at what the employer must do in order to obtain labor certification, a prerequisite for an immigrant hire.

Employer Recruitment Requirements Under PERM
When a U.S. employer sponsors a foreign worker for a green card (lawful permanent residence), the law usually requires the employer to complete a process known as labor certification, or PERM.""

Employers' Five Most Common PERM Mistakes
When foreign workers seek a U.S. green card through employment, they must in most cases rely on the U.S. employer that offered them a job to successfully complete the multitude of requirements associated with sponsoring them for a green card.

Responsibilities When Reviewing Resumes
Many U.S. employers choose to hire foreign workers to work long-term for the employer’s company -- that is, to sponsor the worker for U.S. lawful permanent residence or a green card. To do so, the vast majority of employers must complete a process known as labor certification" or “PERM” before..."

Why Bona Fide Job Offers Are Essential for Labor-Based Green Cards
How to satisfy the immigration requirement that you truly intend to provide the worker a job, and aren't just using this process to get someone -- perhaps a friend or family member -- a green card.

Employer's PERM Recruitment Responsibilities When Hiring Nonprofessional Workers
The recruitment and hiring procedures required under PERM are somewhat different when hiring nonprofessional workers.

Labor Certification Audits: What to Expect
When and why might the Labor Department take a closer look at whether you adequately attempted to recruit a U.S. worker before hiring a foreign-born one?

Step 2: Visa Petition

Filling Out Form I-140 to Sponsor an Immigrant Worker
In order to sponsor a foreign worker for a U.S. green card, a U.S. employer must complete the I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker (“I-140 petition”).