What Are The Worker Program Categories?
The major subcategories as currently defined by the US Department of State are as follows: Employment First Preference (E1) All Priority Workers must have a sponsor complete Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Foreign Worker. This category includes: • Persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics. Applicants do not have to have a specific job offer so long as they are entering the U.S. to continue work in the field in which they have extraordinary ability. They can file their own petition, rather than through an employer. • Outstanding professors and researchers with at least three years experience in teaching or research, who are internationally recognized. No labor certification is required for this classification, but the prospective employer must provide a job offer and file a petition.
The major subcategories as currently defined by the US Department of State are as follows: Employment First Preference (E1) All Priority Workers must have a sponsor complete Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Foreign Worker. This category includes: • Persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics. Applicants do not have to have a specific job offer so long as they are entering the U.S. to continue work in the field in which they have extraordinary ability. They can file their own petition, rather than through an employer. • Outstanding professors and researchers with at least three years experience in teaching or research, who are internationally recognized. No labor certification is required for this classification, but the prospective employer must provide a job offer and file a petition. • Certain executives and managers who have been employed at least one of the three preceding years by an overseas affiliate, parent, subsidiary, or branch
