If you want to come to the United States to work or are in the United States with lawful immigration status, we may represent you in seeking an employment-based immigration pathway. There are two ways to seek an employment-based visa, a temporary nonimmigrant status for a prospective employer or an immigrant status visa.
If you have the right combination of skills, education, and/or work experience, you may be able to live and work temporarily or permanently in the United States by seeking an employment-based nonimmigrant or immigrant visa.
Temporary Nonimmigrant Visa categories we represent clients on:
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Temporary (Nonimmigrant) Worker Classification |
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Nonimmigrant Classification for a Temporary Worker |
Description |
Nonimmigrant Classification for Dependent Spouses and Children of a Temporary Worker |
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E-1 |
Treaty traders and qualified employees. |
E-1 |
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E-2 |
Treaty investors and qualified employees. |
E-2 |
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E-3 |
Certain "specialty occupation" professionals from Australia. |
E-3 |
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H-1B |
Workers in a specialty occupation and the following sub-classifications: H-1B1 - Free Trade Agreement workers in a specialty occupation from Chile and Singapore. |
H-4 |
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H-2A |
Temporary or seasonal agricultural workers. |
H-4 |
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H-2B |
Temporary non-agricultural workers. |
H-4 |
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L-1A |
Intracompany transferees in managerial or executive positions. |
L-2 |
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L-1B |
Intracompany transferees in positions utilizing specialized knowledge. |
L-2 |
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O-1 |
Persons with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics and motion picture or TV production. |
O-3 |
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O-2 |
Persons accompanying solely to assist an O-1 nonimmigrant. |
O-3 |
| P-1A |
Internationally recognized athletes. |
P-4 |
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P-1B |
Internationally recognized entertainers or members of internationally recognized entertainment groups. |
P-4 |
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P-2 |
Individual performer or part of a group entering to perform under a reciprocal exchange program. |
P-4 |
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P-3 |
Artists or entertainers, either an individual or group, to perform, teach, or coach under a program that is culturally unique. |
P-4 |
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Q-1 |
Persons participating in an international cultural exchange program for the purpose of providing practical training, employment, and to share the history, culture, and traditions of the noncitizen's home country. |
Not Applicable |
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R-1 |
Religious workers. |
R-2 |
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TN |
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) temporary professionals from Mexico and Canada. |
TD |
Permanent Worker Immigrant Visas
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Permanent Worker Visa Preference Categories |
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Preferences |
General Description |
Labor Certification Required? |
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EB-1 |
This preference is reserved for persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics; outstanding professors or researchers; and multinational executives and managers. |
No |
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EB-2 |
This preference is reserved for persons who are members of the professions holding advanced degrees or for persons with exceptional ability in the arts, sciences, or business. |
Yes, unless applicant can obtain a national interest waiver (Labor Certification) |
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EB-3 |
This preference is reserved for professionals, skilled workers, and other workers. |
Yes |
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EB-4 |
This preference is reserved for “special immigrants,” which includes certain religious workers, employees of U.S. foreign service posts, retired employees of international organizations, noncitizen minors who are wards of courts in the United States, and other classes of noncitizens. |
No |
