As per the US immigration laws and regulations, only the Permanent Residents are authorized to live and work in the US. There are a number of ways to get a PR in the United States. Employment based Green Card is one of the best ways to settle in US on a permanent basis.
Basically, an individual easily gets Green Card, if the person has a permanent employment opportunity in the United States. You can apply for an employment based green card, if someone sponsor you in the U.S. A job offer is required for sponsoring the green card. A job offers directly indicates to your future work that you will do after obtaining the green card.
An employer can still sponsor for a green card, even if the employee is not working with them at the present time. In a few categories, a sponsor is not required. A number of people living in the United States, working for the sponsoring employer with H1 or L1 visas, file the green card application.
Filling application for green card is not an easy task. You need an immigration lawyer to help you in the processing of your case. Only those people who come under the following categories can file for a green card:
- A researcher or professor who has three years of experience in the same field.
- A person with exceptional ability in the area of science and arts.
- A person who is efficient enough to perform the labour in US where there are no qualified workers.
- An unskilled worker capable to do the labour work.
If the sponsor or the employer is an individual, then the sponsor can personally sign the form. The sponsor’s legal guardians must sign the form in case the sponsor is below the age of 14. On the other hand, of the sponsor is a legal entity, then the employee of the concern with full knowledge about the petition, must sign the form.
The laws and regulations associated with employment based green card are not easy to understand. It demands a vast knowledge with years of experience in the labour market. Wildes & Weinberg, an immigration law firm in NYC, offering the best legal assistance
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