There are many ways for employers to hire foreign workers. In addition, there are several ways for foreign nationals to self-petition without employer sponsorship. Below, you will find summaries of the various options available in employment-based immigration.

EB-1 : Aliens with extraordinary abilty in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics.

EB-2 : Aliens who are members of the professions holding advanced degrees or aliens of exceptional ability

EB-3 : Skilled workers, professional and other workers

EB-4 : Certain special immigrants

EB-5 : Reserved for aliens investing at least $1,000,000 in the U.S. economy and creating at least 10 full-time jobs in the U.S. job market.

B-1 : Alien visiting temporariy for business

H-1B : An alien coming to the U.S. for temporary employment in a "specialty occupation" defined as an occupation that requires theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge and attainment of a bachelor's or high degree in the specific specialty.

H -1C : Nurses gotng to work for up to three years in health professional shortage areas

H-2A : Temporary agricultural workers

H-2B : Temporary skilled and unskilled workers

L-1A : Executive intracompany transferees

L-1B : Intracompany employees with specialized knowldege

O-1 : Extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics

P-1 : Individual or team athletes, entertainment groups

P-2 : Artists and entertainers in reciprocal exchange programs

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