- 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.