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Employee gets filed for a Greencard through his employer and it has some stage level process involves various steps combined with various documentation filed up moving up as per the rules and regulations to acquire the Greencard.

It involves various categories to acquiring the Greencard based on there Employment skills, and the technical workers generally fall under three categories they are

Typically the employment based Greencard is an 4 lined stage process

Petition for immigration I-140 The applicants employer files the application (I-140) for immigration petition.

The applicant files I-485 with his other supporting documents with USCIS, for the applicant himself and for his family in usa , at this time he can also apply for or EAD ( Employment Authorization Document) and AP ( Advance Parol or Travel Document) , and when the applicants files for I-485 he is made to do finger printing.

And stage 2 and stage 3 can always go the same time on parallel which is otherwise known as concurrentfiling but without the approval of I-140 you cant get I-485 approved.

In this stage atlast you get an stamping on your passport and hence receiving the Greencard.

The PERM Process also known as Program Electronic Review Management System is a new method of processing of labor certification applications. The PERM process has been intended to speed up the Labor Certification process..It replaces the earlier regular and RIR methods of getting labor certification. All labor certifications filed on or after March 28 ,2005 should be file under the new PERM process. it basis of

1.PERM-Application

2.PERM-Signature requirement

3.PERM-Prevailing wage

4.PERM-PreFiling Recruitment Steps.

5.PERM-Audits/requests for information

6.PERM-Retention of records.

7.PERM-Refiling.

8.PERM-Online filing.

9.Filing by mail.

10.PERM-Approvals.

Individual visas are available for an temporary professional worker who has an four year bachelors degree from or out of US who is requiring an professional position with a United states Employer. Work experience of three years in a particular field will be considered as equivalent for each year university education in the 4 years of bachelors degree.

The visas can be permitted till six years and this can also make a lead to get the permanent residency in USA. For a fiscal year in US which starts from the October every year .There are around 65,000 H1B visas issued every year. . Exceptions from the quota for H1B hired by institutions of higher learning,affiliated research organizations, non profit research organizations and government research organizations. This exception is around 6000 to 10000 H1B visas per year.There are also additional 20,000 New H-1B Visas available and to qualify for this the immigrant workers must hold a graduate degree from U.S universities.

The sponsor must be an US employer. This employer must have a US taxpayer identification number. Foreign business which is not established yet in the US cannot use this visa to bring employees to US.

To obtain a approved Labor condition application, the employer must produce and file a labor condition application(LCA) with the nearest regional office of DEPARTMENT Of LABOR(DOL). the LCA form must be framed very much carefully and posted in two conspicuous places at the work site. The form requires the employer to elaborate and describe the empoloyees position and the salary. The LCA also wants the employer who is sponsoring the employee to attest the complex facts concerning the wage, working conditions,labor conditions and giving of notice and so on.

If the LCA is approved, the employer files a petition with the USCIS.And the employer must also document the position which requires an service of the employee filed in the speciality of the concerned occupation. It means that the employee working in a professional position and has an minimum of bachelors degree or its equivalent.

To be eligible for H1B ,you should have a job offer from a U.S . employer and your employer is able and willing to pay you salary equivalent to U.S employees engaged in a comparable position in the same field. Along with this requirement you should be able to satisfy any one of the below conditions.

You have just possessed an three years degree but have done 12 years of schoolings apart from the degree you have done, but have minimum of 3 years of work experience in the field related to your education or to the field in which you are seeking an employment with US employer.

You are having an associated degree apart from the 12 years of schooling you have done, but have 6 years of experience in the related degree or on the field in which you are seeking an employment with US employer.

You are high school graduate alone of 12 years ? but have an 12 years of experience in the field in which you are seeking an employment with US employer.

Individual visas are available for an temporary professional worker who has an four year bachelors degree from or out of US who is requiring an professional position with a United states Employer. Work experience of three years in a particular field will be considered as equivalent for each year university education in the 4 years of bachelors degree.

The visas can be permitted till six years and this can also make a lead to get the permanent residency in USA. For a fiscal year in US which starts from the October every year .There are around 65,000 H1B visas issued every year. . Exceptions from the quota for H1B hired by institutions of higher learning,affiliated research organizations, non profit research organizations and government research organizations. This exception is around 6000 to 10000 H1B visas per year.There are also additional 20,000 New H-1B Visas available and to qualify for this the immigrant workers must hold a graduate degree from U.S universities.

The sponsor must be an US employer. This employer must have a US taxpayer identification number. Foreign business which is not established yet in the US cannot use this visa to bring employees to US.

To obtain a approved Labor condition application, the employer must produce and file a labor condition application(LCA) with the nearest regional office of DEPARTMENT Of LABOR(DOL). the LCA form must be framed very much carefully and posted in two conspicuous places at the work site. The form requires the employer to elaborate and describe the empoloyees position and the salary. The LCA also wants the employer who is sponsoring the employee to attest the complex facts concerning the wage, working conditions,labor conditions and giving of notice and so on.

If the LCA is approved, the employer files a petition with the USCIS.And the employer must also document the position which requires an service of the employee filed in the speciality of the concerned occupation. It means that the employee working in a professional position and has an minimum of bachelors degree or its equivalent.

To be eligible for H1B ,you should have a job offer from a U.S . employer and your employer is able and willing to pay you salary equivalent to U.S employees engaged in a comparable position in the same field. Along with this requirement you should be able to satisfy any one of the below conditions.

You have just possessed an three years degree but have done 12 years of schoolings apart from the degree you have done, but have minimum of 3 years of work experience in the field related to your education or to the field in which you are seeking an employment with US employer.

You are having an associated degree apart from the 12 years of schooling you have done, but have 6 years of experience in the related degree or on the field in which you are seeking an employment with US employer.

You are high school graduate alone of 12 years ? but have an 12 years of experience in the field in which you are seeking an employment with US employer.

H1B visa holders can transfer their visa from one employer to another new employer and the employee can work for the new employer. Here is the checklist of documents submitted to the USCIS for H1B transfer.

( if you do not have the recent pay stubs you have to establish to USCIS the reason for it, may be you are on vacation or unpaid leave due to personal issues and hence you should show the vocational letter from your employer)

Once these documents are submitted it takes around 3 months or more than that too at times as it is dependant on the location of employment and the processing office as it is because there would have been more petitions filed in the particular office and hence you may be pushed back due to this.

Once you get your visa approval, the next step in the process is to get stamping. Visa stamping should be done in the US consulate mentioned in your approval notice. The consulate has full rights in either accepting or rejecting your application and hence it is an important part in the H1B visa process.

Each consulate has different procedures to process non immigrant visa, and hence it is very much advisable to get to know or read the concern consulates procedures in their websites mentioned and some of the general requirements required for every consulate are as follows.

Generally applicants must be major ie they should be at least 18 years old , but there is also option for childrens and we can refer with ins for detailed requirements.

An applicant should be legally authorized by the immigration law of USA for permanent residence that is he should be lawfully granted permission for permanent residence in accords satisfying the immigration laws,they should produce an I-551 as proof of their status as they have Alien registration receipt card.

An person applying for the naturalization must be a person of good moral character for the statuory period ( generally 5 years or 3 years if he or she is spouse of a US citizen or 1 year for an Armed forces expedite)prior to filing for naturalization, The service is not only limited to the statuory period in determining whether an applicant has established good moral character. .An applicant can be permanently barred out from naturalization if the applicant is c onvicted of an murder. An applicant is also permanently barred from naturalization if he or she has been convicted of an aggravated felony as defined in section 101(a)(43) of the Act on or after November 29, 1990. Moreover an applicant is not taken as of a good moral character if during the last five years if he has commited and been convicted in the following

An applicant must disclose all relevant facts to the Service, including his or her entire criminal history, regardless of whether the criminal history disqualifies the applicant under the enumerated provisions.