You may be eligible for the 3rd preference of employment-based immigrant, if you are a skilled worker, professional, or other worker (unskilled worker).
Skilled Worker
1. Requirements:
----- Your job must require a minimum of 2 years training or work experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.
----- You must demonstrate at least 2 years of job experience or training.
----- You employer must demonstrate that qualified workers are not available in the U.S. for the work you will be performing.
2. How to apply: LC and a permanent, full-time job offer are required. Please see "Overview / PERM (LC)".
Professional
1. Requirements:
----- Your job must require at least a U.S. baccalaureate degree or a foreign equivalent (a baccalaureate degree has to be the normal requirement for entry into the occupation in the U.S.).
----- You must demonstrate that you possess a U.S. baccalaureate degree or foreign degree equivalent (education and experience may NOT be substituted for a baccalaureate degree).
----- You must be a member of the profession.
----- You employer must demonstrate that qualified workers are not available in the U.S. for the work you will be performing.
2. How to apply: LC and a permanent, full-time job offer are required. Please see "Overview / PERM (LC)".
Other Worker (Unskilled Worker)
1. Requirements:
----- Your job must consist of unskilled labor requiring less than 2 years of training or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.
----- At the time the I-140 petition is filed by your potential employer, you must be capable of performing the unskilled labor.
----- You employer must demonstrate that qualified workers are not available in the U.S. for the work you will be performing.
2. How to apply: LC and a permanent, full-time job offer are required. Please see "Overview / PERM (LC)".
