If you wish to migrate to the USA based on your employment ie. your education and professional skills, you will need (E) immigrant visa (Employment-Based Immigrant Visa). Number of these visas per year is limited.

For this category of immigration your future employer needs to submit petition to American immigration service for your immigration. This is not applicable to those who achieved extraordinary accomplishments in the fields of science, education, art, business and athleticism. These persons can submit their own petition for immigrant visa (For I-360) and look for a job after their immigrant visa is approved.

There are several subcategories for this type of migration:

• (E1) visa - Visa for persons with extraordinary abilities.
• (E2) visa - Visa for the person with high education, professionals and persons with exceptional abilities in their branch.
• (E3) visa - Visa for qualified, non-qualified and other workers.
• (E4) visa - Visa for special immigrants.
• (E5) visa - Visa for investors.

Conditions for immigrant visa

The conditions that need to be met for an immigrant visa are:

• Your future employer needs to submit a petition for your immigrant visa to US Citizenship and Immigration Services – USCIS and it needs to be approved (Form I-140).
• Filled out form DS-261 for immigrant visa.
• You need to have valid documents and diplomas that could be required on the interview.
• You need to meet requirements regarding health examination and vaccination.