EB-3 is a visa preference category for United States employment-based permanent residency . It is intended for "skilled workers", "professionals", and "other workers". Those are prospective immigrants who don't qualify for the EB-1 or EB-2 preferences. The EB-3 requirements are less stringent, but the backlog may be longer. Unlike persons with extraordinary abilities in the EB-1 category , EB-3 applicants require a sponsoring employer. There is no "self-petition" category.
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12-677: 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". The application process begins with obtaining
16-621: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EB-3&oldid=872957743 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages EB-3 visa The EB-3 category has three subcategories: EB-3A, Professionals; EB-3B, Skilled Workers; and EB-3C, Other Workers. For each, eligibility requirements include: Separate requirements for each category are: As of September 2012,
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