Getting an Employment-Based Green Card

Learn about how to qualify for the EB-2 visa for workers with exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business and what it means to apply for a National Interest Waiver.

Workers with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and transferring executives and managers all receive high priority for U.S. green cards.

The fourth preference category of employment-based green cards for ministers and religious workers is an unusual one.

With the national interest waiver, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services decides that a person's work is so important that there’s no need to give first priority to a U.S. worker. It will thus “waive” or set aside the requirements of employer sponsorship and labor certification.

Applying for a temporary work visa in the U.S. can, in some cases, offer a way to create a relationship with an employer who will sponsor you to stay permanently.

If you are a foreign employee and awaiting a USCIS decision on your green card application, now is a risky time to switch jobs.

How would-be immigrants in the "preference categories" can track their progress toward visa availability using the State Department's Visa Bulletin.

One of the toughest tightropes for an employer to walk is completing the Form I-9 for new hires. Strict regulations govern completion of the form.

If you are a foreign employee and awaiting a USCIS decision on your green card application, now is a risky time to switch jobs.

What looks to be an expiration date on a Social Security card might not be.

A TNC is not a final judgment on an employee -- but you will likely need to take further action.

My new employee is unable to finish the I-9 because her wallet was stolen. She has applied to get a new driver’s license, Social Security card, and passport. She brought me a document from the Department of State showing that she applied to get a new passport. Do I have to terminate her employment and rehire her once she gets the documents, or can she work while she waits for the documents?