Who Needs PERM? - Shankar and Associates, PC
WHO NEEDS PERM? Many employment-based petitions, such as visa applications for professionals with advanced degrees or exceptional abilities (i.e. EB-2, excluding National Interest Waivers) and visa applications for professionals with a bachelor's degree, skilled workers, and unskilled workers, require PERM labor certification (i.e. EB-3). Labor Certification is Required for Certain Immigration Categories If you are eligible for one of the following visas, you must first receive an authorized work certification before proceeding with your immigration process. EB-2: Employment-based immigration petitions with a second preference, omitting NIW. EB-3 petitions are for third-preference, employment-based immigration. NO LABOR CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THESE IMMIGRATION CATEGORIES If you are eligible for one of the following visas, your immigration process is not contingent on obtaining a labor certification. EB-1: immigra...