You may be eligible for this immigrant visa preference classification if you are a knowledgeable employee, professional, or other employee.

- Skilled workers are persons who can carrying out experienced labor and whose job needs at least 2 years training or experience, not of a momentary or seasonal nature. Skilled workers must also satisfy any instructional, training, or experience requirements of the job opportunity. Relevant post-secondary education might be considered as training.
- Professionals are persons who hold a minimum of a U.S. bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree and belong to the professions. Their tasks need a minimum of a bachelor's degree. Professionals should likewise meet any academic, training, or experience requirements of the job opportunity.
- Other employees (likewise called workers) are persons efficient in carrying out unskilled work whose task needs less than 2 years training or experience, not of a momentary or seasonal nature. Other workers need to also satisfy any educational, training, or experience requirements of the task opportunity.
Labor Certification

Third preference petitions are usually accompanied by an a signed Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, authorized by DOL, or, for labor accreditation applications filed on or after June 1, 2023, utilizing DOL's Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system, an approved and signed Form ETA-9089, Final Determination - Permanent Employment Certification Approval (Final Certification). For more details, see the Department of Labor's Foreign Labor Certification webpage.

Petitions for employment Schedule A professions are not needed to have a DOL-approved labor certification. This is since DOL has actually already identified there are not adequate U.S. employees for those professions. Currently, DOL has actually designated 2 groups of professions under Schedule A. Group I consists of expert nurses and physical therapists. Group II includes beneficiaries with extraordinary capability in the sciences or arts (consisting of institution of higher learning instructors) and immigrants of extraordinary ability in the performing arts. A petition for Schedule A designation needs to be accompanied by a completed, uncertified Form ETA-9089, including all suitable appendices, a signed Final Determination, and a valid dominating wage determination tracking number in Section E, Item 1 of the uncertified Form ETA-9089. To find out more on Schedule A requirements, see Volume 6, Part E, Chapter 7, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

- The labor accreditation (or application for Schedule A designation) should require at least 2 years of experience or training.
- You should demonstrate that you have actually met any task requirements defined on the labor accreditation (or application for Schedule A classification). This evidence might consist of official academic records and letters from current or former companies.
- Relevant post-secondary education might be thought about as training.

• The labor accreditation (or application for Schedule A classification) must require at least a U.S. bachelor's or foreign comparable degree, and a bachelor's degree is the regular requirement for entry into the occupation.
  - You need to demonstrate that you have actually met any job requirements defined on the labor certification (or application for Schedule A designation). This proof may include main scholastic records and letters from present or former employers.
  - Education and experience might not be replaced for a bachelor's degree.
  
• The labor accreditation must require less than 2 years training or experience.
  - You need to demonstrate that you have actually met any requirements specified on the labor accreditation.
  Immigrant Petition Process
  
  Third choice petitions are filed utilizing Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers. For details on required supporting documents and filing fees, see the Form I-140 website (which consists of the Form I-140 guidelines and info about filing costs) and the Petition Filing and Processing Procedures for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers webpage.