EMPLOYMENT BASED GREEN CARD SPONSORSHIP
Many Japanese who are in the U.S. with temporary visas decide they would like to live in the U.S. permanently. In most situations this requires their employer’s willingness to sponsor them. The employer would have to try to recruit U.S. workers through advertisements, job postings, etc. and must be willing to pay the “prevailing wage”.
These cases take several years to complete because of the administrative processing and especially because of the waiting period under the EB3 category. People with only Bachelor’s degrees and who perform work requiring only a few years experience fall within this category. If someone has a Master’s degree (or a Bachelor’s degree and five years experience) and the employer can prove the job requires a Master’s degree, the total processing time is usually less than one year for Japanese.
Some people can get their green cards even quicker if they qualify for an exemption under the EB1 category because they were a manager in Japan and transferred to the U.S. in a managerial capacity or if they can qualify under the “extraordinary ability” exemption.
EMPLOYMENT BASED GREEN CARD SPONSORSHIP
Many Japanese who are in the U.S. with temporary visas decide they would like to live in the U.S. permanently. In most situations this requires their employer’s willingness to sponsor them. The employer would have to try to recruit U.S. workers through advertisements, job postings, etc. and must be willing to pay the “prevailing wage”.
These cases take several years to complete because of the administrative processing and especially because of the waiting period under the EB3 category. People with only Bachelor’s degrees and who perform work requiring only a few years experience fall within this category. If someone has a Master’s degree (or a Bachelor’s degree and five years experience) and the employer can prove the job requires a Master’s degree, the total processing time is usually less than one year for Japanese.
Some people can get their green cards even quicker if they qualify for an exemption under the EB1 category because they were a manager in Japan and transferred to the U.S. in a managerial capacity or if they can qualify under the “extraordinary ability” exemption.