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BUSINESS BASED VISAS

Business Immigration


Every fiscal year (October 1st – September 30th), approximately 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas are made available to qualified applicants under the provisions of U.S. immigration law. Employment based immigrant visas are divided into several preference categories. Certain spouses and children may accompany or follow-to-join employment-based immigrants.


All categories of employment-based immigrant visas are issued in the chronological order in which the petitions were filed until the annual numerical limit for the category is reached.

The filing date of a petition becomes the applicant’s priority date. Immigrant visas cannot be issued until an applicant’s priority date is reached. In certain heavily oversubscribed categories, there may be a waiting period of several years before a priority date is reached.


Whether you are relocating an employee or expanding your business into the American market, we are here to help you. We assist businesses and organizations of all sizes that come from various industries and fields.


We help entrepreneurs, scientists, medical professionals, students, entertainers, athletes, and other professionals with their immigration needs. Whether you are seeking to bring in a foreign employee or planning to make a business investment in the American economy, we will be happy to assist you throughout the process.


First-preference category

The first-preference employment based (EB-1) category, covers “priority workers” divided in 3 groups: (1) Aliens of extraordinary ability; (2) Outstanding professors and researchers; (3) Multi-national executives and managers.


Second-preference category

The second preference category of employment-based immigration includes aliens of exceptional ability and aliens holding advanced degrees in professional fields. Each year the second preference category is allotted about 40,000 immigrant visas, including any not used in the first preference.


Third-preference category

The third preference category of employment-based immigration is for aliens who possess a baccalaureate or who are skilled workers...


Fifth-preference category

Under section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(5), 10,000 immigrant visas per year are available to qualified individuals seeking permanent resident status on the basis of their engagement in a new commercial enterprise.


Of the 10,000 investor visas (i.e., EB-5 visas) available annually, 3,000 are reserved for those who apply under a pilot program involving an USCIS-designated Regional Center.



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