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Employment-based first-preference green card for people of extraordinary ability, outstanding professors/researchers, and multinational managers or executives. Many EB-1 sub-categories do not require a labor certification.
Employment-based second-preference green card for professionals with an advanced degree or exceptional ability. A National Interest Waiver (NIW) can waive the job-offer and labor certification requirements.
Employment-based third-preference green card for skilled workers, professionals with a bachelor's degree, and other (unskilled) workers. Requires a labor certification and a permanent job offer.
Employment-based fourth-preference green card for special immigrant categories such as religious workers, certain international-organization employees, and others defined by statute.
Nonimmigrant work classification for jobs requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific specialty. Subject to an annual cap and electronic registration/lottery; valid initially up to three years, extendable to six.
Nonimmigrant classification to transfer executives, managers (L-1A) or specialized-knowledge employees (L-1B) from a foreign office to a related US office.
Nonimmigrant classification for nationals of a treaty country who invest a substantial amount of capital in a US business they develop and direct. Renewable but does not by itself lead to a green card.
Family-based green cards go to immediate relatives of US citizens (with no annual cap) and to family-preference relatives of citizens and permanent residents, subject to annual limits and the Visa Bulletin.
E-2 is a temporary treaty investor visa for nationals of a treaty country who invest a substantial amount in a US business they develop and direct; it is renewable but does not by itself lead to a green card.
EB-5 is the immigrant investor green card: you invest from USD 800,000 in a Targeted Employment Area (or USD 1,050,000 standard) in a new commercial enterprise that creates at least 10 full-time US jobs.
The Diversity Visa is an annual lottery granting up to 55,000 immigrant visas to nationals of countries with historically low immigration to the US, requiring a free electronic entry.
F-1 is the academic student visa for full-time students at SEVP-certified US schools, with optional practical training (OPT) work authorisation available after study.
B-1/B-2 is the temporary visitor visa for short business trips (B-1) or tourism and medical treatment (B-2); many travellers from Visa Waiver Program countries use ESTA instead.
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