Immigration Assist

In order to enter the United States for work, you must obtain a work visa. The process can be lengthy and involves many steps. The first step is to decide which classification of work visa you are looking for. The one that is right for you will be based upon your profession, ability, level of higher education reached, and the planned length of your stay.

The most commonly issued work visas are the EB (Employment Based) Immigration visas. These include the EB-1: first preference visa given to priority workers; the EB-2: second preference given to professionals with advanced degrees, and persons with exceptional ability; the EB-3: Third preference given to skilled workers, professional and other workers, and the EB-4 given to certain special immigrants. If you plan to work and set up a permanent residence in the United States , then this may be the right visa to apply for.

An H-1B visa is given to non-immigrants who will be employed in a specialty field such as science, medicine, architecture, engineering, education, accounting, law, theology, and to fashion models of distinguished merit and ability. Class E temporary work visas are granted to people who come to the United States to work for a limited stay as well, but not necessarily for skilled labor.

Further consideration is given to artists and entertainers who wish to enter the United States .

In many cases a temporary visa may be issued if an emplyer sponsors a non-immigrant to work in the United States . The employer must file an I-129 form, which grants temporary worker status to the employee.

The application can take a long time to understand and process. In some cases many years go by before a visa number comes up in the sub-classification of work visa that you are applying for. Check http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/tempbenefits/tempworker.htm for all the governmental information about obtaining a work visa.