Form I-140 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker)

Filed by employers to sponsor a foreign national for a green card based on employment.

Key Points:

Categories:

EB-1: Priority Workers (extraordinary ability, outstanding professors/researchers, multinational managers)

EB-2: Professionals with advanced degrees or exceptional ability

EB-3: Skilled workers, professionals, and other workers

EB-4: Special Immigrants (certain religious workers, employees of U.S. foreign service posts)

EB-5: Immigrant Investors

Process: Requires labor certification for most categories, except for EB-1 and certain EB-2 cases.