Business Immigration
Business immigration provides various pathways for professionals, investors, and business owners to work and build businesses in the U.S. This category includes temporary work visas, investor visas, and pathways to permanent residency for qualified individuals.
Employment-Based Green Cards: The U.S. offers a range of employment-based green card options to skilled professionals, exceptional individuals, and investors who contribute to the country’s economic and cultural development. Below is a brief overview of each category:
oEB-1: Priority Workers: This category is designed for individuals with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors or researchers, and multinational executives or managers.
oEB-2: Professionals with Advanced Degrees or Exceptional Ability: This category is for individuals who hold an advanced degree (master’s or higher) or possess exceptional ability in their field. A job offer and a labor certification (PERM) are generally required.
oEB-2 NIW: National Interest Waiver: This is a subcategory of EB-2 that waives the job offer and labor certification requirements if the applicant can demonstrate that their work is in the national interest of the United States.
oEB-3: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers
oEB-5: Immigrant Investor Program: The EB-5 visa is for individuals who invest in U.S. businesses that create or preserve at least 10 full-time jobs for U.S. workers.
- E-1/E-2 Investor Visas: For treaty traders and investors seeking to establish or manage a business in the U.S.
- H-1B Visas: For professionals in specialty occupations requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher.
- L-1 Visas: For intracompany transfers of managers, executives, or employees with specialized knowledge.
- O-1 Visas: For individuals with extraordinary ability in their field.
- PERM Labor Certification Process: Assisting employers in obtaining labor certifications for foreign workers.