Who is considered an Advanced Degree Professional?
The USCIS defines a profession as an occupation in which a baccalaureate degree is the minimum requirement for entry. An advanced degree is any academic or professional degree above the level of a bachelors degree. The Immigration and Nationality Act allows for the substitution of five years progressive experience in the field to substitute for the advanced degree. What is a labor certification? Labor certifications are documents that signify that the US Department of Labor has reviewed a position and determined that US workers with the minimum qualifications necessary to do the job are not immediately available. Employers need to go through an extensive recruiting process in order to get a labor certification and an EB-2 petition must include a copy of an approved labor certification. The labor certification process will be more fully addressed in a future article. When will the labor certification requirement be waived? A labor certification is not required if an applicant can demons
