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

- Skilled workers are individuals who can performing competent labor and whose job requires at least 2 years training or experience, not of a short-term or seasonal nature. Skilled employees must likewise fulfill any instructional, training, or experience requirements of the task 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 belong to the professions. Their tasks need a minimum of a bachelor's degree. Professionals should likewise fulfill any instructional, training, or experience requirements of the task chance.
- Other workers (also called inexperienced employees) are persons efficient in carrying out inexperienced labor whose job requires less than 2 years training or experience, not of a temporary or employment seasonal nature. Other workers must likewise satisfy any instructional, training, or experience requirements of the job opportunity.
Labor Certification

Third preference petitions are usually accompanied by an a signed Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, authorized by DOL, or, for labor certification applications filed on or employment 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). To find out more, see the Department of Labor's Foreign Labor employment Certification web page.

Petitions for Schedule A professions are not needed to have a DOL-approved labor certification. This is because DOL has currently identified there are not adequate U.S. workers for those professions. Currently, DOL has actually designated 2 groups of professions under Schedule A. Group I includes professional nurses and physical therapists. Group II consists of beneficiaries with exceptional capability in the sciences or arts (consisting of college and university teachers) and immigrants of extraordinary capability in the . A petition for Schedule A classification should be accompanied by a finished, uncertified Form ETA-9089, including all applicable appendices, a signed Final Determination, and a valid dominating wage determination 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 accreditation (or application for Schedule A classification) should need a minimum of 2 years of experience or training.
- You should show that you have actually fulfilled any task requirements specified on the labor certification (or application for Schedule A classification). This evidence might include official academic records and letters from current or former companies.
- Relevant post-secondary education may be thought about as training.

• The labor accreditation (or application for Schedule A designation) should require 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 occupation.
  - You must show that you have met any job requirements specified on the labor certification (or application for Schedule A designation). This evidence might include official academic records and letters from current or former companies.
  - Education and experience may not be alternatived to a bachelor's degree.
  
• The labor certification should need less than 2 years training or experience.
  - You must demonstrate that you have actually met any requirements defined on the labor accreditation.
  Immigrant Petition Process
  
  Third preference petitions are filed using Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers. For info on needed supporting paperwork and filing fees, see the Form I-140 webpage (that includes the Form I-140 guidelines and details about filing costs) and the Petition Filing and Processing Procedures for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers webpage.