EB4 Employment Visa

People who want to become immigrants based on employment or a job offer may apply for permanent residence or an immigrant visa abroad.

The applicant will be notified when an immigrant visa number becomes available according to the following preferences:

First Preference (EB1): Priority Workers, including aliens with extraordinary abilities, outstanding professors and researchers, and certain multinational executives and managers
Second Preference (EB2): Members of professions holding an advanced degree or persons of exceptional ability (including individuals seeking a National Interest Waiver)
Third Preference (EB3): Skilled Workers, professionals and other qualified workers
Fourth Preference (EB4): Certain special immigrants including those in religious vocations
Fifth Preference (EB5): Employment creation immigrants (investors or entrepreneurs)

You may be eligible for an EB4 employment visa if you are a special immigrant. The following special immigrants are eligible for the EB4 employment visa:

Religious Workers
Broadcasters
Iraqi/Afghan Translators
Iraqis Who Have Assisted the United States
International Organization Employees
Physicians
Armed Forces Members
Panama Canal Zone Employees
Retired NATO-6 employees
Spouses and Children of Deceased NATO-6 employees

The US State Department maintain an updated monthly list of the wait times for employment visa applications. The monthly list of wait times is called the "Visa Bulletin" and can be found on the US State Department website. The Visa Bulletin will show various dates under each employment visa category (First - Fifth Preference). The date listed therein is the date in which the applications they are currently processing were filed.

Please note that once you apply for a EB4 employment visa that such applicant would not qualify for a tourist, business or student visa because such visas require an intent "not" to immigrate to the US. By filing the EB4 employment visa application you are declaring you have an intent to immigrate to the US and such makes you ineligible to receive a "temporary non-immigrant visa" such as tourist, business or students visas.