Questions and Answers about American EB3 Immigrants
1.EB3 What is employer-sponsored immigration? The United States ranks third in the category of immigrants. According to the provisions of American immigration law, as long as you get a long-term job guarantee permit from an American employer, you can get a labor card and apply for immigration.
2. Who is eligible for EB3 employer-sponsored immigration?
EB3 is recognized as a professional immigrant with the lowest threshold. It has no academic qualifications, language requirements and no proof of assets. Applicants can apply as long as they are in good health, aged 2 1-50, and have no criminal record. One person applies for a complete relocation, and the principal applicant will work for the employer for one year after obtaining the green card, and the stipulated salary shall not be lower than the local legal minimum standard.
3. Is it risky to apply for EB3? What is the success rate of getting a green card?
Thanks to the EB3 project itself, no investment is needed, which reduces the risk of "money". Moreover, it belongs to labor immigration, which can be said to be the safest way of immigration in the United States. But it can't be said that there is no risk at all, and there will be some failure cases. The most important reason is that the applicant does not have a powerful employer and an experienced immigration company to help him, and these are the keys to the success of the application.
4. Why are employers and immigration companies important?
A strong and reliable employer can provide you with job opportunities and respond to spot checks in time when applying for a labor card, so that you can get a green card safely and successfully.
5. What are the advantages of 5.EB3 immigration project?
Getting a green card has a high success rate and low cost. One person applies for family immigration, and the green card is in one step. When you go to the United States, you don't have to worry about finding a job and enjoy the same benefits as local residents. Children can enjoy free public education.
6. If my application is successful, do I need to work for my employer for one year? If not, what's the impact?
Because you are required to work for your employer for one year, if you get a green card, but you don't work for your employer, it may affect the applicant's green card holding.
Article 2 Categories of American professional immigrants
I. EB- 1 Excellent Talents
The advantage of a.EB- 1 is that you don't need to submit a work permit (PERM/LC), which greatly shortens the time.
B. Every year, 28.6% of the US global professional immigrant visa quota (about 40,000 quotas), plus the unused visa quota for special immigrants and investment immigrants, will be used for EB- 1 immigrants.
C. the application is the fastest, about 6 months (or even faster).
EB- 1 can be subdivided into three categories:
1, EB- 1 (1) Excellent talents in professional fields
Applicants must prove their outstanding achievements in this field (such as winning national awards, making significant contributions, publishing academic articles in major journals, etc.). ) and hope to contribute this major to the United States in the future, such as art, science, education, business and sports.
2.EB- 1(b) distinguished professor/researcher
The applicant must be an outstanding professor and researcher in a specific scientific or academic field and enjoy a reputation or international recognition.
3.EB- 1(c) Directors/managers of multinational companies
Suitable for senior managers of multinational companies to immigrate to the United States.
Second, EB-2 professionals/technicians.
Applicants must have a master's degree or above, or a bachelor's degree and at least 5 years relevant work experience. With the support of American employers, if you can't find a suitable American to do the job through recruitment activities, you can apply for a green card through EB-2.
It takes about two to three years for foreigners born in Chinese mainland, India and Mexico to apply for approval, and it takes about several months to 1 year for applicants born in other places.
Three. EB-3 skilled/unskilled labor force
EB-3 is divided into three categories:
A. Skilled workers: Beneficiaries must be competent for jobs that require at least two years of training or work experience.
B. applicants with a bachelor's degree.
C. Unskilled workers (:the beneficiaries can be competent for jobs that do not require two years of training or work experience.
If the beneficiary does not meet the requirements of EB-2 academic experience, but has the support of American employers and cannot find a suitable American to do the job through recruitment activities, he can apply for a green card through EB-3.
Most jobs with only a university degree, or work experience without a degree, or jobs without work experience requirements can apply for EB-3.
EB-3 will take a little longer to apply than EB-2, and it will take about 1 year to more than 5 years to apply for I-485, work card and return permit (depending on the place of birth).
Four. EB-4 Special Personnel Migration
EB-4 applicants need the approval of I-360 application, but overseas employees of the US government use DS- 1884 to apply.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) EB-5 Investment immigration
It accounts for about 7. 1% (about 1 10,000 quota) of the annual global professional immigrant visa quota in the United States.
EB-5 applicants need to submit an I-526 application.
If you invest in the investment immigration area, the required funds will be 500,000 US dollars, and if you start your own company, it will be 6,543,800 US dollars.
Self-employed companies must provide at least 10 local jobs.
Extended reading: the advantages of American immigrants
1. Residence right and travel convenience
With an American green card, you get permanent residency in the United States and can freely enter and leave the United States without going to the embassy to apply for a visa. Permanent residents of the United States can live in any of the 50 States of the United States and travel to many countries without a visa.
With a US passport, you can get visa-free access to about 186 countries and regions in landing visa. With the American green card, more than 100 countries and regions have implemented visa-free and landing visa.
2. Education for children
Admission rate: In the United States, 80% of the admission qualifications are usually allocated to students who are citizens or have permanent residency. This kind of students don't have to compete with the world's top students for admission places when applying, but a separate pool.
There are no restrictions on majors: some ace majors in the United States are not open to international students, while students with permanent residency apply as locals, which not only has a high admission rate, but also gives priority to many ace majors.
Scholarships: Students with permanent residency can apply for a variety of scholarships, with superior examination and approval conditions and a high probability of winning scholarships.
University tuition: The tuition fees paid by students with permanent residency to attend universities (including graduate students and doctoral students) are far lower than those paid by international students. Permanent residents can often save 2/3 of the expenses compared with international students.
Free education in primary and secondary schools: the benefits of becoming a permanent resident are not limited to higher education. Permanent residents can also enjoy free public primary and secondary education.
3. Work and employment
Freedom of employment: green card holders have no restrictions on employment, and can directly choose their favorite occupations like native Americans. Of course, there will be some restrictions. For example, some aerospace companies will require citizenship.
In the United States, international students want to stay only by applying for an H 1B visa. However, it is not easy for international students to find a job. It is even more difficult to find a position and a company is willing to apply for a job in H-1B. There was once a master student who had 72 interviews for H-1B. Because I am an international student, I have hit a wall many times.
Unemployment benefits: When the green card holder has no job, the government will give you a job for free. When you have a normal job, pay taxes for not less than six months (three months in some places), and then lose your job, you can get government relief on a monthly basis by reporting your unemployment to the local authorities in the United States.
The amount of unemployment benefits is usually based on the range of pre-employment salary, usually calculated on the basis of a quarter's salary, ranging from 500 dollars to 2000 dollars.
4. immediate family members benefit
Green card holders can apply for green card status for their spouses or unmarried children under the age of 2/kloc-0. Although Trump's immigration plan is to tighten chain immigration (that is, relative immigration), the focus is on immediate family members. However, it can be seen that immediate family members are not affected much and can still apply.
5. Social security benefits
After paying taxes for 40 quarters (equivalent to the payment period of 10 year), green card holders can receive the pension issued by the US federal government for life after retirement (700 ~ 65438 USD +0200 USD per month) (the legal retirement age for those born in or after 1960 is 67 years old). The retirement time is flexible, and the later you retire, the more pensions the government issues. For many immigrants, the number of years of receiving a pension is more than the number of years of paying taxes.
Retirees are exempt from taxes when they receive federal pensions, but those whose annual total income exceeds a certain amount have to pay taxes. Beneficiaries of federal pension include not only retirees themselves, but also spouses (including divorce) and minor children (including adoption) who meet certain conditions.
6. Old-age medical insurance
In the United States, medical expenses are quite high, but any "low-income" green card holder (with no tax record) can apply for a "medical card" after retirement, and any illness is paid for free. This completely relieved the worries of the old man's illness.
7. Housing subsidies
Green card holders can apply for buying apartments for low-income elderly people after retirement. About 35% of the market price, buy a house subsidized by your country in the United States. People who have no money to buy a house can also apply for government low-rent housing, which is only about 1/3- 1/4 of the market price.