CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert Week 44.2022

USA / November 3, 2022

USA / November 3, 2022 Employment-Based Immigrant Visas In each fiscal year from October 1 until September 30, about 140,000 Employment based immigrant visas are issued in the US. The visas are divided into five preference categories (E1 – E5). The E1 category for Priority Worker and Persons of Extraordinary Ability has the follow sub-groups: Persons with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics. Such applicants can file their own immigrant petitions. Outstanding professors and researchers with at least three years’ experience in teaching or research, who are recognized internationally. The prospective employer must provide a job offer and file an immigrant petition. Multinational managers or executives who have been employed for at least one of the three preceding years by the overseas affiliate, parent, subsidiary, or branch of the U.S. employer. The prospective employer must provide a job offer and file an immigrant petition. The E2 category for Professionals Holding Advanced Degrees and Persons of Exceptional Ability has the following subgroups: Professionals holding an advanced degree or a baccalaureate degree and at least five years progressive experience in the profession. Persons with exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business. Exceptional ability means having a degree of expertise significantly above that ordinarily encountered in the sciences, arts, or business. The E3 category for Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Unskilled Workers has the following subgroups: Skilled workers are persons whose jobs require a minimum of 2 years training or work experience that are not temporary or seasonal. Professionals are members of the professions whose jobs require at least a baccalaureate degree from a U.S. university or college or its foreign equivalent degree. Unskilled workers are persons capable of filling positions that require less than two years training or experience that are not temporary or seasonal. The E4 category for Certain Special Immigrants has many subgroups, e.g., Ministers of Religion or Certain Employees or Former Employees of the U.S. Government Abroad. The E5 category for Immigrant Investors is for capital investment by foreign investors in new commercial enterprises in the United States which provide job creation. 4 convinus.com

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