Happy March! The first month of research flew by so fast. Pretty soon May will fly by, and I will be a high school graduate. In the mean time, let me tell you about employment based Green Cards.
In order to apply for an employment based Green Card, you must be in the U.S on an immigrant visa. If you are on a non-immigrant visa, then you are not allowed to apply for a Green Card. Some non-immigrant visas include B1 visas (travel visa) and F-1 visas (student visas).There are many complications that surrounds the issue of eligibility based on what kind of visa you have, but the most common visa to get in order to apply for a Green Card is the H1-B visa. The H1-B visa is made for foreign professionals who have been employed in the U.S for a temporary amount of time. The H1-B visa may only be renewed twice, thus limiting the foreign worker to a six year stay in the U.S before they have to return to their home country. That is why H1-B holders must apply for a Green Card right away, or else they may have to leave before they are issued a Green Card.
Based on what visa you hold, there are many requirements to fulfill before you can get a Green Card; however, there are a few common requirements. For example, there has to be a clear lack of workers or skill sets in the U.S for the foreign national to be accepted, because the U.S does not want foreigners to take jobs away from U.S citizens. The foreign national has to have a particular skill that is requested by a certain U.S company, such that the worker cannot be easily replaced. From this you can see that it is hard to get a Green Card through employment, unless you have a very special talent.
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