You might be qualified for this immigrant visa choice classification if you are a knowledgeable employee, professional, or other worker.

- Skilled workers are persons who can performing knowledgeable labor and whose task requires at least 2 years training or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature. Skilled employees need to likewise fulfill any instructional, training, or experience requirements of the job opportunity. Relevant post-secondary education may be thought about as training.
- Professionals are individuals who hold at least a U.S. bachelor's or foreign comparable degree and are a member of the occupations. Their tasks require a minimum of a bachelor's degree. Professionals must also fulfill any educational, training, or experience requirements of the job opportunity.
- Other employees (also called inexperienced employees) are persons capable of performing unskilled labor whose job requires less than 2 years training or experience, not of a short-term or seasonal nature. Other workers should also fulfill any academic, training, or experience requirements of the job chance.
Labor Certification

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

Petitions for Schedule An occupations are not needed to have a DOL-approved labor certification. This is because DOL has currently identified there are not adequate U.S. workers for those occupations. Currently, DOL has actually designated 2 groups of occupations under Schedule A. Group I includes professional nurses and physical therapists. Group II consists of beneficiaries with extraordinary ability in the sciences or arts (consisting of college and university instructors) and immigrants of extraordinary capability in the carrying out arts. A petition for Schedule A classification must be accompanied by a finished, 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 certification (or application for Schedule A designation) should require at least 2 years of experience or training.
- You must show that you have satisfied any task requirements specified on the labor accreditation (or application for Schedule A classification). This proof may include main scholastic records and letters from current or former employers.
- Relevant post-secondary education may be considered as training.

• The (or application for Schedule A classification) should require at least a U.S. bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree, and a bachelor's degree is the regular requirement for entry into the profession.
  - You should demonstrate that you have met any task requirements specified on the labor certification (or application for Schedule A designation). This proof might include main scholastic records and letters from present or employment former employers.
  - Education and experience might not be alternatived to a bachelor's degree.
  
• The labor certification need to require less than 2 years training or experience.
  - You must show that you have satisfied any requirements defined on the labor certification.
  Immigrant Petition Process
  
  Third preference petitions are submitted utilizing Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers. For details on required supporting paperwork and filing charges, see the Form I-140 web page (which consists of the Form I-140 guidelines and details about filing charges) and the Petition Filing and Processing Procedures for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers web page.