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EB-3 is a visa preference category for United States employment-based permanent residency. It is intended for "skilled workers", "professionals", and "other workers". [1] Those are prospective immigrants who don't qualify for the EB-1 or EB-2 preferences. The EB-3 requirements are less stringent, but the backlog may be longer.
Critics of the H-1B visa program say the reason for the backlog for employer-sponsored green cards is in part due to the dual intent nature of the H-1B visa, allowing a temporary non-immigrant to gain an employer-sponsored green card. The issue critics have with dual intent is that both non-immigrant temporary guest workers and people who do ...
A backlog in cases of abused or abandoned young immigrants seeking green cards has more than doubled in the last two years, according to a new analysis of federal data by advocacy groups that was ...
Immigration Voice is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization that helps immigrants through legislative and executive branches of government, solving problems in the employment-based immigration process. The organization focuses on engaging with both legislative and executive branches of the government to advocate for reforms aimed at improving the ...
Between 2013 and 2017, 45% of green card recipients were immediate relatives of American citizens, and another 21% were family sponsored. 14% of recipients received green cards for employment, and 13% received green cards as refugees. The Diversity Immigrant Visa program also grants 55,000 green cards for applicants around the world each year ...
prolonged backlog in processing green cards is threatening to dethrone the US standing atop the global competition for tech talent, according to one Google Executive. The processing delays stem in ...
The RAISE (Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment) Act is a bill first introduced in the United States Senate in 2017. Co-sponsored by Republican senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue, the bill sought to reduce levels of legal immigration to the United States by 50% by halving the number of green cards issued.
For employment-based green card applicants, the priority date needs to be current to apply for Adjustment of Status (I-485) at which time an Employment Authorization Document can be applied for. Typically, it is recommended to apply for Advance Parole at the same time so that visa stamping is not required when re-entering US from a foreign country.