What are the EB-2 visa application materials?

EB2 professional immigrants have high requirements for academic qualifications, but there is also a vague division of academic qualifications. It is said that if you have a bachelor's degree and five years' work experience in this field, you can count as a master's degree. What are the specific rules? You need to learn from specialized immigration agencies.

Whether it is an EB2 application for general American professional immigrants who need a work permit or an EB2 application that meets the national interest exemption standard, the beneficiary or applicant needs to prove that he meets the requirements of "highly educated professionals". In the EB2 application requiring work permit, if the beneficiary has a bachelor's degree and accumulated more than 5 years' experience in related fields, he can be regarded as having a "master's degree".

American EB-2 immigration application materials

1. Application Form

(1) Form I- 140, namely "Application Form for Migrant Workers";

(2) Form 2)ETA-750, namely "Application Form for Work Certificate of Foreigners"

2. General certification materials

(1) academic certificate:

Including graduation certificate, report card, degree certificate, etc. If the applicant is educated outside the United States, it is best to submit a diploma evaluation certificate.

(2) Proof of work experience

It mainly includes: the letter or notarized certificate of the applicant's original employer, or the original salary tax bill or the certificate issued by colleagues and workers. A narrative certificate issued by the applicant himself or others to prove that the applicant has some necessary professional knowledge or technology.

(3) The applicant has obtained the employment certificate.

The certificate includes the employment contract, which should specify the applicant's job position, responsibilities and remuneration. If employment has occurred, a personal salary tax form should be submitted.

(4) proof of the employer's ability to pay wages

Employers are required to submit corporate tax forms for the last two years, including profits and payroll taxes. , as well as balance sheet income statement, bank statement, bank deposit certificate, etc. , to illustrate the employer's financial situation.

If it is a new company, you don't need to ask for a two-year tax bill. Non-profit companies without tax bills must submit annual reports.

3. Proof of special materials

The applicant must provide at least three kinds of evidence:

(1) Official academic credentials, which prove that the beneficiaries have obtained degrees, diplomas or similar awards from universities, colleges or other institutions for further study in this field.

(2) the certificate of the current or former employer, which proves that the beneficiary has worked for more than 10 years in the applied field.

(3) Full-time working experience

(4) A practicing license or certificate, which proves that the beneficiary has the practicing qualification;

(5) Compared with other people in the same field, the beneficiary enjoys higher salary.

(6) prove to be a member of a professional association

(7) A certificate issued by a government unit at the same level or a professional or commercial association, acknowledging the achievements and significant contributions of the beneficiary in the industry or field;

If the above criteria are not applicable to the client's major, the applicant can submit "similar evidence" to prove the client's achievements.

The accumulated work experience can make up for the lack of academic qualifications.

Foreigners with only a bachelor's degree must have accumulated more than five years of working experience in related fields after graduation if they want to become "highly educated professionals" and then meet all EB-2 application conditions including NIW. However, laws and regulations do not give an exact definition of "work experience accumulation", and even the Immigration Bureau cannot accurately explain what "work experience accumulation" means. This situation has both good and bad sides. The downside is that it will bring unnecessary troubles or worries to applicants and beneficiaries, and they are not sure whether their situation meets the requirements of "work experience accumulation". The good thing is that because the immigration bureau itself is not clear about what "accumulated work experience" is, it has great flexibility in reviewing specific cases. Proof of "accumulated work experience" requires two materials: an employment contract and a description of the applicant's or beneficiary's work experience issued by the former and current employers, because employers know more about specific industries than the immigration bureau. The employer's explanation can highlight whether the applicant or beneficiary can "accumulate" experience at work, even if sometimes the applicant or beneficiary has not changed his position within 5 years.

In practice, the accumulated experience must be dynamic, not static, that is, the beneficiaries must constantly acquire relevant knowledge and increase experience in their own posts. There are many ways to prove that the beneficiary has more than 5 years of "accumulated work experience". For example, the beneficiary can submit his own salary stub to prove that his salary level is constantly improving with the increase of length of service (the more complicated the work, the higher the salary); The promotion history of beneficiary's position and title can also prove "accumulated work experience".