Classification of American immigrants: What are the main types of immigrants?

What are the types of immigrants in the United States and their detailed explanations-employment immigrants

Employment-oriented professional immigrants * * * have five priority categories: (EB 1, EB2, EB3, EB4, EB5, EB5).

The first priority right of EB 1 includes three categories: EB 1A superhuman alien, EB 1B outstanding professor or researcher, and EB 1C multinational company executives. The first priority is characterized by the fact that there is no need to prove the shortage of labor force and the number of immigrants is abundant, but the beneficiaries are required to have great achievements or energy.

The second priority of EB2 includes two categories: unconventional national interest exemption (NIW) and conventional EB2 work permit PERM. NIW does not need job commitments, labor shortage certificates and employer support. For conventional EB2, the employer must prove the shortage of labor. The work promised by the employer should require at least a master's degree or above, or a bachelor's degree plus five years of work experience.

The third focus of EB3 includes two sub-categories: applying for a green card requires a bachelor's degree or at least two years of technical experience. Those who do not require academic qualifications and skills are classified into another subcategory. Employers of EB3 also need to prove a labor shortage.

EB4 Fourth priority: religious visa. This requires church organizations to come forward. Beneficiaries should serve the Ministry of the church.

EB5 Fifth Priority: Investment Immigration. Meet three conditions: a business entity that invests one million dollars or half a million dollars in the United States; Create or increase 10 full-time jobs for American workers. Investment funds should prove their legal sources.

There are fixed quotas for the types of immigrants based on employment. When demand exceeds supply, plans will be made. EB 1, EB4 is not globally planned. EB2 has a strict schedule for people born in China and India, but not for people born in other countries. EB3 once had a serious scheduling problem, but recently it has made great progress. EB5 is not booked at present, but it may be booked by China investors soon.

Employment applications of professional immigrants are usually based on job commitments and submitted by American employers. But there are exceptions

When the relevant work involves the interests of ordinary American workers, the employer should prove the shortage of labor for the sake of giving priority to protecting the employment opportunities of American workers. Employers should advertise and try to find Americans. We can't find the minimum qualified American workers, so we can only find foreign workers. If you can find a minimum qualified American worker, even if foreigners are better, you can't use foreigners. This is the case with EB2 and EB3. However, for the NIW of EB 1 and EB2, because the law recognizes that these people with great achievements and great energy are beneficial to the American job market as a whole and will not have a negative impact, the requirement of proving labor shortage is exempted. For some industries with a shortage of workers, such as nurses or university professors, the immigration law has simple procedures. EB4 Religious immigrants are engaged in God's work and people's needs, so the law is lenient. EB5 investors come to the United States to create jobs, so there is no need to prove labor shortage.

EB- 1B, EB- 1C, EB-2-PERM, EB3 and EB4 are required to be submitted by American employers based on their work commitments. There is no need for employers to come forward, and there is no need to prove the shortage of labor. Beneficiaries can apply for EB 1A and EB2-NIW. EB5 is based on his own investment. Investors are both applicants and beneficiaries.

It belongs to the category based on employment. This also implies an inherent basic requirement of investment immigration-creating employment opportunities for the United States. There is a minimum investment requirement for investment immigrants, which is generally $654.38+00,000. If it is a specific high unemployment area or rural area, the minimum threshold is $500,000. Investors should prove the legitimacy of the source of funds, put all the investment funds into the business operation, and prove that at least 10 full-time employment opportunities have been created for the United States.

Many investors have heard of EB5 "regional centers", and most regional centers only need an investment of 500,000 US dollars. The "regional center" is approved by the Immigration Bureau, with the purpose of attracting funds and investing in some economies. The basic requirements of investment immigration remain unchanged in the investment through the regional center, but the advantage of investment immigration through the regional center is that it proves that the created 10 employment opportunities are not necessarily direct employment opportunities, but also indirect or derivative employment opportunities. Therefore, in the traditional mode, the same fund may not meet the requirements of job creation, but it may be realized through regional centers. As for most regional centers, investors only need 500,000 yuan. At that time, most regional centers had divided themselves into specific areas or suburbs with high unemployment rate through careful zoning application, and they could enjoy the threshold of 500 thousand US dollars.