EB-3 skilled worker, professional or other worker

You may be eligible for this immigrant visa preference category if you are a skilled worker, professional, or other worker.

Skilled workers are persons who are capable of performing skilled labor and whose job requires at least 2 years training or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.

Other workers (also called unskilled workers) are persons capable of performing unskilled labor whose job requires less than 2 years training or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.

Third preference petitions are usually accompanied by an a signed Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, approved by DOL, or, for labor certification 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).

Petitions for Schedule A occupations are not required to have a DOL-approved labor certification. This is because DOL has already determined there are not sufficient U.S. workers for those occupations.

Professionals are persons who hold at least a U.S. bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree and are a member of the professions. Their jobs require a minimum of a bachelor’s degree.

You may be eligible for this immigrant visa preference category if you are a skilled worker, professional, or other worker.

Skilled workers are persons who are capable of performing skilled labor and whose job requires at least 2 years training or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.

Other workers (also called unskilled workers) are persons capable of performing unskilled labor whose job requires less than 2 years training or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.

Labor certification (or application for Schedule A designation) and a permanent, full-time job offer from a U.S. employer required.

If your I-140 petition is approved, your spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 may be eligible to apply with or after you for admission to the United States as lawful permanent residents based on your approval.

You may be eligible for this immigrant visa preference category if you are a skilled worker, professional, or other worker.

Once you have paid the USCIS immigrant fee and have been admitted to the U.S. as a permanent resident, your Permanent Resident Card, Form I-551 (formerly called Alien Registration Card, also known as a (green card ) will be mailed to you.