Employment-Based Immigration: Third Preference EB-3
You might be qualified for this immigrant visa choice classification if you are an experienced worker, professional, or other employee.
- Skilled workers are individuals who can carrying out competent labor and whose task requires at least 2 years training or experience, not of a short-lived or seasonal nature. Skilled workers need to likewise satisfy any academic, training, or experience requirements of the task chance. Relevant post-secondary education might be thought about as training.
- Professionals are individuals who hold a minimum of a U.S. bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree and are a member of the occupations. Their jobs need a minimum of a bachelor's degree. Professionals must also fulfill any instructional, training, or experience requirements of the job chance.
- Other employees (likewise called unskilled employees) are individuals capable of performing unskilled work whose job requires less than 2 years training or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature. Other workers should likewise fulfill any academic, training, or experience requirements of the job chance.
Labor Certification
Third choice petitions are normally accompanied by an a signed Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, authorized by DOL, or, for labor accreditation applications filed on or after June 1, 2023, using DOL's Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system, an approved and signed Form ETA-9089, Final Determination - Permanent Employment Certification Approval (Final Certification). For employment more details, see the Department of Labor's Foreign Labor Certification webpage.
Petitions for Schedule A professions are not needed to have a DOL-approved labor certification. This is since DOL has already identified there are not sufficient U.S. workers for those professions. Currently, DOL has designated 2 groups of professions under Schedule A. Group I consists of professional nurses and employment physical therapists. Group II includes recipients with remarkable capability in the or arts (including college and university teachers) and immigrants of extraordinary ability in the performing arts. A petition for Schedule A designation should be accompanied by a finished, uncertified Form ETA-9089, consisting of all relevant appendices, a signed Final Determination, and a legitimate dominating wage determination tracking number in Section E, Item 1 of the uncertified Form ETA-9089. For additional information on Schedule A requirements, see Volume 6, Part E, Chapter 7, of the USCIS Policy Manual.
- The labor accreditation (or application for Schedule A designation) must require at least 2 years of experience or training.
- You should demonstrate that you have actually satisfied any task requirements specified on the labor certification (or application for Schedule A classification). This evidence might consist of main academic records and letters from existing or former employers.
- Relevant post-secondary education may be considered as training.
- The labor accreditation (or application for Schedule A designation) should need at least a U.S. bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree, and a bachelor's degree is the normal requirement for entry into the profession.
- You need to show that you have satisfied any job requirements specified on the labor accreditation (or application for Schedule A designation). This proof may consist of main scholastic records and letters from existing or previous companies.
- Education and experience may not be alternatived to a bachelor's degree.
- The labor certification should need less than 2 years training or experience.
- You need to show that you have actually satisfied any requirements defined on the labor certification.
Immigrant Petition Process
Third preference petitions are filed utilizing Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers. For info on required supporting paperwork and filing fees, see the Form I-140 website (which consists of the Form I-140 guidelines and details about filing fees) and employment the Petition Filing and Processing Procedures for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers website.