You may be qualified for this immigrant visa choice classification if you are a knowledgeable worker, expert, or other employee.

- Skilled workers are persons who can carrying out experienced labor employment and whose job requires at least 2 years training or experience, not of a short-lived or seasonal nature. Skilled workers should also satisfy any instructional, training, or experience requirements of the job opportunity. Relevant post-secondary education may be thought about as training.
- Professionals are persons who hold at least a U.S. bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree and belong to the occupations. Their jobs require a minimum of a bachelor's degree. Professionals must also satisfy any educational, training, or experience requirements of the task chance.
- Other employees (likewise called unskilled workers) are persons efficient in carrying out unskilled work whose task requires less than 2 years training or experience, not of a momentary or seasonal nature. Other employees need to likewise fulfill any instructional, training, or experience requirements of the .
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 certification applications filed on or after June 1, 2023, utilizing DOL's Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system, an authorized and signed Form ETA-9089, Final Determination - Permanent Employment Certification Approval (Final Certification). For more details, see the Department of Labor's Foreign Labor Certification webpage.

Petitions for Schedule A professions are not required to have a DOL-approved labor certification. This is since DOL has actually already identified there are not adequate U.S. employees for those occupations. Currently, DOL has actually designated 2 groups of occupations under Schedule A. Group I consists of expert nurses and physical therapists. Group II includes recipients with remarkable capability in the sciences or arts (consisting of college and university instructors) and immigrants of remarkable ability in the performing arts. A petition for Schedule A classification needs to be accompanied by a finished, uncertified Form ETA-9089, consisting of all applicable appendices, a signed Final Determination, and a legitimate prevailing wage decision 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 certification (or application for Schedule A designation) needs to require at least 2 years of experience or training.
- You need to demonstrate that you have actually met any job requirements defined on the labor accreditation (or employment application for Schedule A classification). This evidence may include main scholastic records and letters from present or former employers.
- Relevant post-secondary education may be thought about as training.

• The labor certification (or application for Schedule A designation) must need at least a U.S. bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree, and a bachelor's degree is the typical requirement for entry into the occupation.
  - You should show that you have satisfied any job requirements specified on the labor accreditation (or application for Schedule A classification). This evidence may consist of main scholastic records and letters from existing or former employers.
  - Education and experience might not be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

- The labor certification must require less than 2 years training or experience.
- You should show that you have fulfilled any requirements specified on the labor accreditation.
Immigrant Petition Process

Third choice petitions are filed using Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers. For info on required supporting documentation and filing fees, see the Form I-140 website (which includes the Form I-140 directions and details about filing charges) and the Petition Filing and Processing Procedures for employment Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers web page.