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Employment-based second-preference green card for professionals with an advanced degree or exceptional ability. A National Interest Waiver (NIW) can waive the job-offer and labor certification requirements.
Professionals holding an advanced degree (or bachelor's plus 5 years' progressive experience) or with exceptional ability in their field.
Our licensed advisors assess your eligibility, build a strategy to strengthen your application, and manage the process end to end, so you submit a complete, competitive application with confidence.
An advanced degree means a US master's degree or higher, or a US bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) plus at least five years of progressive post-degree experience in the specialty.
EB-2 normally requires a job offer and a PERM labor certification. The National Interest Waiver waives both, and lets you self-petition.
Exceptional ability means a degree of expertise significantly above the norm in the sciences, arts or business, shown by meeting at least three of the regulatory criteria.
USCIS may grant an NIW if your proposed endeavor has substantial merit and national importance, you are well positioned to advance it, and on balance it benefits the US to waive the job offer and labor certification.
Yes. If your EB-2 I-140 is approved, your spouse and unmarried children under 21 can seek derivative permanent residence as E-21 and E-22 immigrants.
Standard EB-2 needs a DOL labor certification (PERM, ETA-9089) then Form I-140; NIW skips PERM and files I-140 directly. After approval you file I-485 or process a visa abroad when a number is available.
EB-2 is the second-preference employment green card for professionals with an advanced degree or exceptional ability, and a National Interest Waiver can remove the job-offer and labor-certification requirements.
