Employment-Based Green Cards - Application Process
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After you have actually gotten a suitable job offer from a U.S. company (if you need a job deal under your potential classification of lawful irreversible house), getting a U.S. green card is a multistage process. Here, we'll offer an introduction.

Basic Steps to Receiving U.S. Lawful Permanent Residence Based on Employment
Exceptional Case: Applying for a U.S. Lawful Permanent Residence Without Labor Certification
Lawful Permanent Residence for Spouse and Children of Employee
Basic Steps to Receiving U.S. Lawful Permanent Residence Based Upon Employment

In brief, applying for a work based permit includes these actions:

- Your prospective company demands what's called a prevailing wage decision (PWD) from the U.S. Department of Labor, utilizing the online FLAG system. The PWD is the Department of Labor's formal judgment as to how much money is typically paid to individuals in jobs like the one you've been provided. The PWD will usually end within a year or menwiki.men less, so it will be essential to recruit for and submit the PERM labor certification right after the PWD is issued.

  • Your employer markets and recruits for the job you've been provided and eventually identifies (in excellent faith) that there are no competent U.S. employees readily available and willing to take the job.
  • Your company files a PERM labor accreditation application online, utilizing the electronic USDOL Form 9089.
  • You wait the numerous months that the DOL will require to adjudicate the PERM labor accreditation application, and mail the accredited PERM application to your company (this time frame can extend as much as a year if the DOL selects your PERM application for audit).
  • Within 180 days of the PERM labor approval, your employer prepares and files a petition using Form I-140, issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
  • After USCIS approves the petition, you wait till a visa is readily available. It might be right away readily available, if the variety of people who used in your category because exact same year is less than the variety of visas available