America is a nation of immigrants and has been since its inception. The vitality that we gain from people of other countries who have a wide variation in cultural systems and beliefs is a large part of what makes the U.S. the most desired immigration destination in the world. People from around the globe want to come to the United States to study, live, work and raise their families.
In America today, the need for immigration assistance is crucial to people who want to come to the United States legally to work and live. An immigration lawyer can help untangle the red tape that immigrants face when trying to legally gain entrance to the United States to work and live.
Employment visas are granted each year to only 140,000 applicants, based on a variety of criteria that applicants must meet, including priority levels for types of workers, level of education, special skill or profession, the possession of an exceptional ability, or the ability to invest $1,000,000 in a business that creates at least ten jobs; in some circumstances a lower investment may be accepted.
Persons who are granted a visa based on one of these categories may live in the U.S. for a limited period of time; the time granted varies for each class of visa. In some cases, the visa may be extended if eligibility requirements are met. A visa that is granted for work purposes is a non-immigrant visa, which means that the holder does not have the right to permanently immigrate to the United States. The most sought after employment visa is the H1B visa, because it allows holders to apply for permanent legal residence in the United States, which can lead to citizenship after a certain period of time if all of the requirements are met.
