The EB3 Visa allows skilled workers, professionals and unskilled workers to go to US and work. In order to obtain this visa a few requirements must be met to determine your eligibility for the specific type employment-based visa:
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Requirements |
Certification |
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Skilled Workers |
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A full-time job offer and Labor Certification required |
Professionals |
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A full-time job offer and Labor Certification required |
Unskilled Workers (Other Workers) |
You must be capable, at the time the petition is filed on your behalf, of performing unskilled labor (requiring less than two years training or experience), that is not of a temporary or seasonal nature, for which qualified workers are not available in the United States |
A full-time job offer and Labor Certification required |
With an EB3 Visa, workers can work live in the US permanently without the need of an Employment Authorization Document and are also allowed to switch employers and positions within a few years.
High unemployment areas are geographic locations with an unemployment rate that is at least 150 percent of the national unemployment rate at the time of the EB-5 investment. Rural areas are geographic regions that are outside of a city with a population of 20,000 or more. Rural areas can also be geographic regions that are outside of what the U.S. Office of Management and Budget has designated as metropolitan statistical areas.
The USCIS requires that EB-5 investments result in the creation of 10 full-time jobs for U.S. workers. These jobs must be created within the two-year period after the investor has received their conditional permanent residency. In some cases, the investor must be able to prove that their investment led to the creation of direct jobs for employees who work directly within the commercial entity that received the investment.
However, the EB-5 investor may only have to show that 10 full-time indirect or induced jobs were created if the investment was made in a regional center. Indirect jobs are those created in businesses that supply goods or services to the EB-5 project. Induced jobs are jobs created within the greater community as a result of income being spent by EB-5 project employees.
There are several types of business entities in which an EB-5 visa applicant can invest.
$1 million capital investment, $500,000 in a TEA
The investment must be made in a for-profit U.S. commercial entity
The investment must create 10 full-time U.S. jobs for two years
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