EB-3 Visa for Skilled and Unskilled Workers - PERM

You may be eligible for this immigrant visa preference category if you are a 
skilled worker, professional, or other worker

Qualification

In general, in order to be eligible for a PERM visa you will need a labor certification and meet the following basic criteria:

"Skilled Workers" – persons whose job requires a minimum of 2 years training or work experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.
  • You must be able to demonstrate at least 2 years of job experience or training
  • You must be performing work for which qualified workers are not available in the United States
"Professionals" –  persons whose job requires at least a U.S. baccalaureate degree or a foreign equivalent and are a member of the professions
  • You must be able to demonstrate that you possess a U.S. baccalaureate degree or foreign degree equivalent, and that a baccalaureate degree is the normal requirement for entry into the occupation
  • You must be performing work for which qualified workers are not available in the United States
  • Education and experience may not be substituted for a baccalaureate degree
"Other Workers" – subcategory is for persons performing unskilled labor requiring less than 2 years training or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.
  • You must be capable, at the time the petition is filed on your behalf, of performing unskilled labor (requiring less than 2 years training or experience), that is not of a temporary or seasonal nature, for which qualified workers are not available in the United States.

Source: uscis.gov
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