Companies who bring foreign workers to work for them may have to deal with the issues of having had them only for a temporary period of time when they have to leave and return back home. Now, while there is no question that nonimmigrant visas come with lots of benefits, for those companies who don’t want to have to keep applying for extensions there are other options. Indeed, they can place permanent labor certification ads and go through with the EB, which is the EMployment Based visa for immigrants. With this, one can ensure that their global workers get long-term residence in the US, which means they will be able to keep working for that company for years and years.
Eligibility
If one wants to come to the US under an EB-2 visa, the employer has to sponsor the petition of the applicant. Again, these are perfect for employers who have placed permanent labor certification ads, as after these permanent labor certification ads are placed, they are likely to find individuals who want to move to the US while working for them.
Categories of Workers
Those who hope to come to the US under the EB-2 visa have to be one of three different categories of employees.
Advanced Degree Professionals
In this case, the position one is fulfilling should require an advanced degree. In other cases, it can require a baccalaureate, on top of which the individual should have no less than 5 years of working experience in the field. To be eligible, individuals have to give evidence of their academic record.
Exceptional Business, Arts or Sciences Ability
To qualify for this, one has to have expertise that is a lot above the ordinary person seen in either of these three fields. To show that one is eligible, they should have three qualifications out of seven, including being a member of a professional organization, being paid a lot more than normal because of this exceptional ability, and having 10 years of experience in the field.
National Interest Waiver
For this individual, there is the need to fill three of the criteria for the exceptional ability category, while also being able to prove that their moving to the US will benefit the country in one way or another. If one is applying for this category, there is no need for an employer to sponsor them.
Typically, all those applying with the EB-2 visa have to be approved by the Department of Labor and have been approved, which is in place to show that the EB individual will not take away local jobs.
