U.S. Advanced Degrees or Exceptional Ability (with Labor Certification) – EB-2 (a) Immigration Lawyers
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Employment Based Immigration: Advanced Degrees or Exceptional Ability (with Labor Certification) – EB-2 (a)
EB-2(a) immigrant classification is reserved for those with an advanced degree seeking to be employed in a professional capacity or those with exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business who intends to pursue his or her field of expertise. This immigrant classification requires, among other things, that the alien:
- Hold a United States academic or professional degree or a foreign equivalent degree above that of baccalaureate, and is offered employment in an occupation for which a United States baccalaureate degree or its foreign equivalent is the minimum requirement for entry into the occupation; or
- Hold a United States baccalaureate degree or a foreign equivalent degree followed by at least five years of progressive experience in the specialty, and in an occupation for which a United States baccalaureate degree or its foreign equivalent is the minimum requirement for entry into the occupation; or
- Have exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business, which is to say the alien is possessed of expertise significantly above that ordinarily encountered, and is offered employment for which his or her ability is needed.
Immigrant classification of this character requires a job offer and a lack of available United States workers with which to fill the position. To establish the lack of available United States workers an employer must first apply for an alien labor certification. However, in some instances, the job offer and certification can be waived.
This immigrant preference classification entitles one to immigrate in the order of the date the labor certification is filed (the priority date) and as soon as an immigrant visa is available.
Immigrant visa availability is a function of the number of visas available in any given year, the number of petitions already on file for the particular preference classification, and the country of birth of the alien and or his spouse.
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