Alien workers have an option to legalize and obtain lawful permanent resident status based on employment.  In such case, it is required to prove that either the alien possesses extraordinary abilities in a particular field, or is a multinational executive manager, or an employer needs this particular alien worker who will be hired when he becomes eligible for employment, unless he is currently employed with a non-immigrant visa.  In such case the employer has to demonstrate that he is financially able to pay a prevailing wage and the alien will not take away a job from an American worker.

The same way as in the family reunion cases, employment-based visas are divided into different categories.  Currently, existent immigration law allows issuance of 140,000 immigrant employment-based visas cumulatively for all categories.  Availability of the visa numbers is controlled by U.S. Department of State and could be checked in the monthly issued Visa Bulletin here https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin.html  Priority date of any case is determined either by the date when immigrant visa petition was filed with USCIS or PERM application was filed with Department of Labor for obtaining Labor Certification for each particular alien worker.

Employment-based immigrant visas are categorized for aliens with extraordinary abilities, multinational executive managers, advance degree professionals, skilled workers, other workers, religious workers, investors, etc.

Mayzel Law Group has a successful practice with these types of cases on an everyday basis.  Should you have any questions or need any information regarding these types of cases, we will be happy to provide you with any and all possible answers and materials to enable you to make an intelligent decision in the process of obtaining lawful permanent resident status based on employment.