Employment based Green Card visa
There are two ways to obtain a so-called US Green Card (permanent residence). One way is through a family member. The other way is to obtain an employment-based Green Card (you can also try for the annual Green Card diversity lottery by clicking here.).
This section discusses three types of Employment-based Green Cards and one type of investor based green card.
EB-1 These visas are designed for certain multinational executives and managers; outstanding professors and researchers; and those who have extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics.
EB-2 This category is for foreign nationals professionals with an ’advanced degrees’ (masters degree or higher) and with a job offer from a U.S. company; for foreign nationals with ’exceptional ability’ in the sciences, business or arts and with a job offer from a U.S. company; and for foreign nationals with exceptional ability, or an advanced degree, who can show that their activities will substantially benefit the U.S. national interest.
EB-3 This category is for ’professional workers’ with a U.S. bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree and with a job offer from a U.S. company; for ’skilled workers’ for positions that require at least two years of training or experience and with a job offer from a U.S. company; for ’unskilled workers’ for positions that require less than two years training or experience and with a job offer from a U.S. company
EB-5 This category visa for USA immigration is designed specifically for those wishing to immigrate to the USA by investing in the creation of a new commercial enterprise.
US Green Card - None Employment Based
The Green Card Lottery
The annual USA Diversity Visa Green Card Lottery makes 55,000 diversity immigrant visas (green cards) available every year to persons who meet two basic eligibility requirements. Participation in the green card lottery program is open to all individuals worldwide who meet these two basic entry requirements. The Green Card Lottery Program makes green cards available to the lottery winners, authorizing the winners and their families to live, study and work in the United States of America as permanent residents.
