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You might be qualified for this immigrant visa choice classification if you are a knowledgeable employee, expert, or other worker.

- Skilled employees are individuals who are capable of performing experienced labor and whose job needs at least 2 years training or experience, not of a short-lived or seasonal nature. Skilled employees must likewise satisfy any educational, training, or experience requirements of the job chance. Relevant post-secondary education might be considered as training.
- Professionals are individuals who hold at least a U.S. bachelor's or foreign comparable degree and are a member of the occupations. Their jobs need a minimum of a bachelor's degree. Professionals must likewise meet any academic, training, or experience requirements of the job opportunity.
- Other workers (likewise called inexperienced workers) are persons efficient in performing unskilled work whose task requires less than 2 years training or experience, not of a short-lived or . Other employees must also meet any academic, training, or experience requirements of the task chance.
Labor Certification

Third choice petitions are typically accompanied by an a signed Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, approved by DOL, or, for labor certification applications filed on or after June 1, 2023, utilizing DOL's Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system, an authorized and signed Form ETA-9089, Final Determination - Permanent Employment Certification Approval (Final Certification). For more details, see the Department of Labor's Foreign Labor Certification webpage.

Petitions for Schedule A professions are not needed to have a DOL-approved labor accreditation. This is since DOL has currently identified there are not adequate U.S. workers for those professions. Currently, DOL has designated 2 groups of occupations under Schedule A. Group I consists of expert nurses and physiotherapists. Group II consists of beneficiaries with remarkable capability in the sciences or arts (including institution of higher learning teachers) and immigrants of exceptional capability in the performing arts. A petition for Schedule A designation needs to be accompanied by a completed, uncertified Form ETA-9089, including all applicable appendices, a signed Final Determination, and a valid prevailing wage decision tracking number in Section E, Item 1 of the uncertified Form ETA-9089. To learn more on Schedule A requirements, see Volume 6, Part E, Chapter 7, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

- The labor certification (or application for Schedule A designation) needs to require a minimum of 2 years of experience or training.
- You should show that you have actually fulfilled any job requirements defined on the labor certification (or application for Schedule A designation). This proof might consist of main academic records and letters from existing or previous employers.
- Relevant post-secondary education may be thought about as training.

• The labor accreditation (or application for Schedule A designation) should need a minimum of a U.S. bachelor's or foreign comparable degree, and a bachelor's degree is the typical requirement for entry into the profession.
  - You should demonstrate that you have actually fulfilled any task requirements defined on the labor accreditation (or application for Schedule A classification). This evidence may consist of main scholastic records and letters from current or employment previous employers.
  - Education and experience might not be alternatived to a bachelor's degree.

- The labor accreditation should require less than 2 years training or experience.
- You need to show that you have actually fulfilled any requirements defined on the labor certification.
Immigrant Petition Process

Third choice petitions are filed using Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers. For details on needed supporting paperwork and filing fees, see the Form I-140 web page (which consists of the Form I-140 directions and information about filing costs) and the Petition Filing and Processing Procedures for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers webpage.