EB-4 green card: frequently asked questions

It is a closed and varied list: religious workers, certain retired international-organisation employees, physicians who practised in underserved areas, translators who served the US armed forces, minors under special immigrant juvenile status, and some former US government employees, among other grounds.

Because the EB-4 is not based on an ordinary job offer but on a particular condition or service of the applicant. The I-360 is the special immigrant petition, and in several grounds the person themselves or an organisation files it, not an employer.

No. Since it is not premised on a shortage of US workers for a role, it does not go through the Department of Labor. That does not make it simpler: each subcategory has its own quite specific evidentiary requirements.

It receives 7.1% of the annual employment-based limit. Some subcategories, such as non-minister religious workers, also carry their own internal caps and have been subject to legislative sunset dates.

Rarely. The EB-4 answers particular situations rather than professional profiles. A Chilean professional seeking residence through their work will almost always find their route in the EB-1, EB-2 or EB-3. It is worth knowing in order to rule it out with reason.