EB-3 (Professionals, Skilled Workers and Other Workers)

Introduction:

  • The EB-3 is a third preference immigration petition based on employment, which are suitable to professionals, skilled workers, and unskilled workers.
  • Labor certification and a permanent, full-time job offer required.

 

Criteria:

Professionals:

  • Be able to demonstrate that the alien possesses a U.S. baccalaureate degree or foreign degree equivalent, and that a baccalaureate degree is the normal requirement for entry into the occupation
  • Perform work for which qualified workers are not available in the United States
  • Education and experience may not be substituted for a baccalaureate degree

Skilled workers:

  • Be able to demonstrate at least 2 years of job experience or training
  • Perform work for which qualified workers are not available in the United States

Other Workers:

  • Be capable, at the time the petition is filed on your behalf, of performing unskilled labor (requiring less than 2 years training or experience), which is not of a temporary or seasonal nature, for which qualified workers are not available in the United States.