H-3 (Trainee Visa)

EB-3 is an employment-based, second preference visa. You may be eligible for this immigrant visa preference category if you are a skilled worker, professional, or other worker.

There are three types of EB-3 Visas.

EB-3A: Skilled Workers

“Skilled workers” are persons whose job requires a minimum of 2 years training or work experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.

•   You must be able to demonstrate at least 2 years of job experience or training.

•   You must be performing work for which qualified workers are not available in the United States.

Labor certification and a permanent, full-time job offer required.

EB-3B: Professionals

“Professionals” are persons whose job requires at least a U.S. baccalaureate degree or a foreign equivalent and are a member of the professions

•   You must be able to demonstrate that you possess a U.S. baccalaureate degree or foreign degree equivalent, and that a baccalaureate degree is the normal requirement for entry into the occupation.

•   You must be performing work for which qualified workers are not available in the United States.

Education and experience may not be substituted for a baccalaureate degree. Labor certification and a permanent, full-time job offer required.

EB-3C: Unskilled Workers (Other Workers)

The “other workers” subcategory is for persons performing unskilled labor requiring less than 2 years training or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.

•   You must be capable, at the time the petition is filed on your behalf, 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.

Labor certification and a permanent, full-time job offer required.