Employment-Based Immigration

Approximately 140,000 immigrant visas are available each year for aliens who seek to immigrate to the U.S. based on their job skills.

You can be one of them!

Getting a green card can be challenging.  However, there are certain paths that a person can take in order to achieve legal permanent residency status.  One of the more popular options is through an employment-based visa — particularly the EB-1 and EB-2 National Interest Waiver visas.

The EB-1 vs EB-2 question is a popular topic of discussion for prospective immigrants and each category has its own particular advantages and disadvantages.
Learn more about each category’s benefits, requirements, and processing time.

Self-Petition

Green Card for Scholars, PhD and Professionals

Do you know that not all employment-based green card petitions require a job offer or employer’s sponsorship? Although most of the employment-based green card categories require a U.S. employer sponsorship and petition on behalf of the foreign worker, there are two self-sponsorship employment green card categories that allow you to petition for yourself without an employer or offer of employment.

Approval Statistics

Employment-Based Immigrant Petitions at USCIS

Every year, more than one million foreign nationals apply for a U.S. Green Card. In the fiscal year, 2017 (dated April 20, 2018) 395,025 employment-based actual principal immigrant petitions were approved. Included with these petitions 826,867  estimated derivative immigrant green cards were issued, of which ~59% were EB-2 (including NIW), and ~15% were EB-1.

All applicants require strong evidence of special or extraordinary ability.  However, recent actions by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service – as well as the application backlog – make approvals even more challenging.

Source: USCIS, “Form I-140, Immigration Petition for Alien Worker, Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant – Employment-Based Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, Count of Approved Petitions as of April 20, 2018, with Priority Date on or After May 2018 Department of State Visa Bulletin.” Estimated derivative immigrants and total estimated immigrants were computed by CRS using the derivative immigrant multiplier found in the USCIS report cited above.

Stages

of Employment- Based Green Card Process

Success Stories

Why choose us?

At the Kameli Law, we take pride in our work, and our tradition of excellence has long been a factor in attracting the best and brightest legal talent to our firm. Our attorneys possess significant business experience and education in addition to their legal training.

Our experienced attorneys and staff are known for the quality relationships they establish with our clients, which allows them to better understand and meet clients’ goals and objectives.

With more than 20 years of experience can be truly considered as a reliable law firm for immigrants who have chosen the United States for achieving their aspirations.

Meet our experienced immigration team

Taher Kameli
Taher Kameli

Principal Attorney

Steven Burke
Steven Burke

Associate Attorney

 

 

Success stories found on this website are actual results that The Kameli Law P.C. achieved for its clients. Please keep in mind that the success of any legal matter depends on the unique factual and legal circumstances of each case: we cannot guarantee particular results for future clients based on the success we have achieved in past legal matters.

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