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  • ​​Green Card Through a Job Offer:
  • ​​EB-1 Extraordinary Ability (possible even without job offer)
    • Individuals with Extraordinary Ability (self-petition, possible even without job offer)
    • Multinational Manager or Executive
    • Outstanding Professors and Researchers
  • EB-2: Advanced Degree Professional (professionals  with U.S. or U.S. equivalent Master’s degree or higher, or Bachelor  degree + 5 year of related experience) or Exceptional Ability (if you have exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business). EB-2 (NIW) Self-petition possible without job offer.
  • EB-3: Professionals, skilled workers, and other workers
  • Schedule A (Group I and II) EB-2 or EB-3 without PERM: Physical Therapist; Professional Nurse; Person with Exceptional Ability in the Sciences or Arts
  • ​EB-4: Special Immigrants
  • EB-5 or Green Card Through Investment (this is for business investors who invest $1.8 million or $900,000 (if the investment is made in a targeted employment area) in a new commercial enterprise that employs at least 10 full-time U.S. workers).
  • Green Card Through Self Petition 
    • Available for individuals with Extraordinary Ability as demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim and recognized achievements in the field of expertise (EB-1).
    • Individuals who qualify for National Interest Waiver (NIW)  exempting from job offer requirement and, thus, the labor certification (EB-2, NIW)
    • EB-5 or Green Card Through Investment: business  investors who invest $1.8 million or $900,000 (if the investment is made  in a Targeted Employment Area (High Unemployment or Rural Area) in (1) a  new commercial enterprise that employs at least 10 full-time U.S.  workers, or (2) an enterprise which will expand to 140% of  pre-investment net worth or number of employees, or (3) A troubled  business in which jobs will be preserved​
    • EB-5 Regional Center Pilot Program: Investment of $900,000 in an approved Regional Center.

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