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Form I-140 is required for EB categories EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3. For EB-4 and EB-5, Forms I-360 and I-526 are used, respectively. These categories were introduced as part of the Immigration Act of 1990. The following is a list of all of the reasons (also known as petition types) for filing Form I-140. [1] [2]
Statuses for extension of stay or change of status: All the preceding, plus various treaty and free trade statuses: E-1, E-2, E-3 (for Australia), H-1B1 (for Chile and Singapore) and TN (for Canada and Mexico). Note: This form is eligible for Premium Processing Service: I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker [32]
The EB-1 visa (or, colloquially, "Einstein visa") is a preference category for United States employment-based permanent residency.It is intended for "priority workers". Those are foreign nationals who either have "extraordinary abilities", or are "outstanding professors or researchers", and also includes "some executives and managers of foreign companies who are transferred to the U
Premium Processing Service is an optional premium service offered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to individuals and/or employers filing Form I-129 (Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker), Form I-140 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker), Form I-539 (Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status- currently available to those applying for F, M or J status only) or Form ...
EB-1: Priority workers. ... or will accept form I-485 even before the approval of the I-140. Consular processing – this is an alternative to AOS, but still requires ...
[1] EB-2 petitioners can avoid the PERM Labor Certification process by presenting as a 'national interest waiver'. NIW (National Interest Waiver) requires the foreign national to 'self-petition' so that they can file the I-140 form on their own behalf without involving any labor certification or a sponsoring employer. Petitioners still need to ...
The National Visa Center (NVC) is a center that is part of the U.S. Department of State that plays the role of holding United States immigrant visa petitions (as well as Form I-129F petitions for K-1/K-3 visas) approved by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services until an immigrant visa number becomes available for the petition, at which point it arranges for the visa applicant(s ...
Unlike most employment based pathways to citizenship, if someone can qualify as an EB-1A alien of extraordinary ability, that person can self sponsor without the need for their employer to sponsor them. A green card can be granted on the basis of an EB-1A (but not an O-1) approval. Once the green card is granted, the standard waiting period of ...