The Law Offices of Baughman & Wang are experts in obtaining EB-1 and EB-2 Visas in addition to all of the visas listed here.

Family Sponsored Immigration

U.S. citizens may petition for spouses, parents, children, and siblings. Permanent Residents may petition for spouses and children.

EB-1 Foreign Nationals of Extraordinary Ability

Outstanding Professors and Researchers, and Multinational Executives and Managers. Individuals in this category can petition for permanent residency without having to go through the labor certification process.

EB-2 Workers with Advanced Degrees or Exceptional Ability in the Sciences, Arts or Business

Visa holders in this category normally must have a job offer and the potential employer must complete the labor certification process. The labor certification involves a testing of the job market to demonstrate that the potential visa holder is not taking a job away from a U.S. worker. In cases where an individual can show that his entry is in the national interest, the job offer and labor certification requirements can be waived.

EB-3 Skilled Workers and Professionals

Visa holders in this category normally must have a job offer and the potential employer must complete the labor certification process.

EB-4 Special Immigrant Visas for Religious Workers

Ministers of religion are eligible for permanent residency.

EB-5 Investor/Employment Creation Visas

Under the 1990 Immigration Act, Congress set aside up to 10,000 visas per year for alien investors in new commercial enterprises which create employment for ten individuals. There are two groups of investors under the program ¨C those who invest at least $500,000 in "targeted employment areas" (generally rural areas experiencing high unemployment of at least 150% of the national average rate) and those who invest $1,000,000 anywhere else. No fewer than 3,000 of the annual allotment of visas must go to targeted employment areas.

DV-1 Visas (the "Green Card Lottery")

55,000 visas are annually allotted in a random drawing to individuals from nations underrepresented in the total immigrant pool.

Refugee and Asylum Applications