EB-3 visa

The EB-3 category has three subcategories: EB-3A, Professionals; EB-3B, Skilled Workers; and EB-3C, Other Workers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-third-preference-eb-3|title=Employment-Based Immigration: Third Preference EB-3 | USCIS|date=2 December 2020}} For each, eligibility requirements include:

• a Permanent Labor Certification
• a permanent, full-time job offer
• ability to demonstrate that the applicant will be performing work for which qualified workers are not available in the United States.

Separate requirements for each category are:

• Skilled workers - must be able to demonstrate at least 2 years of job experience or training
• Professionals - must possess a U.S. baccalaureate degree or foreign degree equivalent, and must demonstrate that a baccalaureate degree is the normal requirement for entry into the occupation. Education and experience may not be substituted for a baccalaureate degree.
• Other workers - must be capable, at the time the petition is filed by the sponsoring employer, of performing unskilled labor (requiring less than 2 years training or experience), that is not of a temporary or seasonal nature, for which qualified workers are not available in the United States.

As of September 2012, the Department of State determined that the FY-2012 numerical limit for the worldwide employment-based preference must be 144,951, and the per-country limit must be 7% of the worldwide cap, regardless of the population of the country (this explains the enormous backlog for India and China). Out of this, the EB-3 category is limited to 28.6% of the worldwide level, plus any numbers not used by EB-1 and EB-2 ("spillover"), and with not more than 10,000 for "other workers".{{cite web|url=http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5759.html|title=Visa Bulletin For September 2012|publisher=Bureau of Consular Affairs|date=2012-08-23|access-date=2012-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815222538/http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5759.html|archive-date=2012-08-15|url-status=dead}}

The application process begins with obtaining a Permanent Labor Certification, by submitting ETA Form 9089. The applicant does not need to be employed when the labor certification is filed; a future job offer is sufficient.{{cite web|url=http://www.immigration.com/greencard/eb3-green-card/eb-3-bachelors-degree-skilled-workers|title=EB-3 Bachelor's degree, Skilled Workers|date=2009-02-02|archivedate=2022-06-28|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628042312/http://www.robotstxt.org/?q=greencard%2Feb3-green-card%2Feb-3-bachelors-degree-skilled-workers|access-date=2012-08-23|url-status=live}} The labor certification will accompany the actual application, the Petition for Alien Worker (Form I-140), which will confirm the applicant's [States under E34, E35, EW4 or EW5 visas. During the lengthy application process, many persons in the EB-3 category acquire additional experience or education, and are eligible apply for an "upgrade" to EB-2.{{cite web| url=https://www.eb5brics.com/eb3-vs-eb5-visas/|title= EB-3 vs. EB-5 Visa }} Monday, 4 March 2019

As of February 2016, the Department of State application processing fee for employment-based immigrant visas is {{US$|345}}.{{cite web|title=Fees for Visa Services|url=https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/fees/fees-visa-services.html|publisher=Bureau of Consular Affairs|access-date=2016-02-08|archive-date=2017-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812000527/https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/fees/fees-visa-services.html|url-status=dead}} The fee for the USCIS Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker (form I-140) is {{US$|700}}.{{cite web|title=Check Filing Fees|url=https://www.uscis.gov/i-140|publisher=Department of Homeland Security. USCIS|access-date=2016-02-08}} Other costs include medical examination and, if applicable, required vaccinations; translations; fees for obtaining supporting documents such as passport, police certificates, birth certificates, etc.{{cn|date=December 2020}}

• Permanent residence (United States) (the "green card")

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120915174828/http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1323.html Employment-Based Immigrant Visas] - Bureau of Consular Affairs
• [http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=74da83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=74da83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD Employment-Based Immigration: Third Preference EB-3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908231824/http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=74da83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=74da83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD |date=2013-09-08 }} - USCIS

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