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A National Interest Waiver is an exemption from the labor certification process and job offer requirement for advanced degree/exceptional ability workers applying for an EB-2 Visa for Immigration into the United States. [1] EB-2 petitioners can avoid the PERM Labor Certification process by presenting
EB-2 is an immigrant visa preference category for United States employment-based permanent residency, created by the Immigration Act of 1990. [1] The category includes "members of the professions holding advanced degrees or their equivalent", and "individuals who because of their exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business will substantially benefit prospectively the national ...
EB-3 Yes A skilled worker (requiring at least 2 years of specialized training or experience) EB-3 Yes Any other worker (requiring less than 2 years of training or experience) EB-3 Yes An alien applying for a National Interest Waiver (who is a member of the professions holding an advanced degree or an alien of exceptional ability) EB-2 No
Employment-based immigration was divided amongst five occupational categories in the 1990 Immigration Act (the 1965 Act had only two). [2] The Act provided 140,000 visas per year for job-based immigration. [4] These categories were: EB-1 visa (for an alien of extraordinary ability) EB-2 visa; EB-3 visa; EB-4 visa; EB-5 visa
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 ...
RIA allows concurrent filing which permits investors to live and work in the USA while waiting for the adjudication of their EB-5 applications. [43] E-2 (non-immigrant) The E-2 visa investor program allows foreign nationals of specific treaty countries to invest in a start up, buy a business or a franchise to reside legally in the U.S. [44] [45]
October 3, 2019: Visa waiver under parole policy removed for nationals of Russia; [59] for the Northern Mariana Islands only, period of stay with visa waiver under parole policy for nationals of China reduced from 45 to 14 days [60] July 14, 2020: Visa waiver removed for holders of Hong Kong SAR and British National (Overseas) passports [61] [62]
United States Waiver of Inadmissibility, application for legal entry to the United States; Moral waiver, allows acceptance of a recruit into the U.S. military services; Felony waiver, special permission to allow a U.S. military recruit who has a felony on their record; Forfeiture and waiver, concepts used by the United States court system