EB-3 Skilled Workers & Professionals
EB-3 Skilled Workers & Professionals
An employer-sponsored green card for skilled workers, degreed professionals, and other workers, which is the most accessible of the employment categories.
An employer-sponsored green card for skilled workers, degreed professionals, and other workers, which is the most accessible of the employment categories.
Advantages
Advantages
Broad eligibility
Broad eligibility
The most accessible employment green card open to skilled workers, degreed professionals, and other workers.
The most accessible employment green card open to skilled workers, degreed professionals, and other workers.
Permanent outcome
Permanent outcome
EB-3 leads directly to a green card and long-term stability.
EB-3 leads directly to a green card and long-term stability.
Family included
Family included
Your spouse and unmarried children under 21 obtain permanent residence alongside you.
Your spouse and unmarried children under 21 obtain permanent residence alongside you.
Three EB-3 Subcategories
Three EB-3 Subcategories
Professionals
Professionals
For positions that require a U.S. bachelor's degree (or a foreign equivalent), held by the applicant.
For positions that require a U.S. bachelor's degree (or a foreign equivalent), held by the applicant.
Skilled workers
Skilled workers
For positions that require at least two years of training or experience.
For positions that require at least two years of training or experience.
Other workers
Other workers
For positions requiring less than two years of training. This subcategory has its own, more limited visa line and faces the longest waits.
For positions requiring less than two years of training. This subcategory has its own, more limited visa line and faces the longest waits.
Where EB-3 Cases Stall and How We Prevent It
Where EB-3 Cases Stall and How We Prevent It
EB-3 is mechanically straightforward but unforgiving of gaps. The places cases lose months or get denied are predictable, and we manage each one up front:
EB-3 is mechanically straightforward but unforgiving of gaps. The places cases lose months or get denied are predictable, and we manage each one up front:
PERM audits and errors
PERM audits and errors
Recruitment and documentation must be exact; a misstep invites a Department of Labor audit that adds many months. We run the process to standard the first time.
Recruitment and documentation must be exact; a misstep invites a Department of Labor audit that adds many months. We run the process to standard the first time.
Recruitment and documentation must be exact; a misstep invites a Department of Labor audit that adds many months. We run the process to standard the first time.
Degree and experience alignment
Degree and experience alignment
If your qualifications don't match the PERM job requirements precisely, the I-140 draws an RFE. We align the role, the requirements, and your record from the start.
If your qualifications don't match the PERM job requirements precisely, the I-140 draws an RFE. We align the role, the requirements, and your record from the start.
If your qualifications don't match the PERM job requirements precisely, the I-140 draws an RFE. We align the role, the requirements, and your record from the start.
Employer ability to pay
Employer ability to pay
USCIS now scrutinizes whether the employer could pay the offered wage from the priority date forward. We organize the financial evidence (tax returns, statements) before the I-140 not after an RFE.
USCIS now scrutinizes whether the employer could pay the offered wage from the priority date forward. We organize the financial evidence (tax returns, statements) before the I-140 not after an RFE.
USCIS now scrutinizes whether the employer could pay the offered wage from the priority date forward. We organize the financial evidence (tax returns, statements) before the I-140 not after an RFE.
Category and timing strategy
Category and timing strategy
We track the Visa Bulletin and use downgrade timing where it helps.
We track the Visa Bulletin and use downgrade timing where it helps.
We track the Visa Bulletin and use downgrade timing where it helps.
Our Process
Our Process
1
PERM labor certification
Strategic Planning & Category Selection.
We guide your employer through the prevailing-wage determination, recruitment, and filing with the Department of Labor.
We guide your employer through the prevailing-wage determination, recruitment, and filing with the Department of Labor.
2
I-140 petition
PERM Labor Certification (If Required)
Your employer files the immigrant petition with USCIS. Premium processing is available for a decision within 15 business days.
Your employer files the immigrant petition with USCIS. Premium processing is available for a decision within 15 business days.
3
Priority date & final step
The I-140 Petition Filing
Once your priority date is current, we file the last step: adjustment of status (I-485) from inside the U.S., or consular processing abroad.
Once your priority date is current, we file the last step: adjustment of status (I-485) from inside the U.S., or consular processing abroad.
Already Here on a Work Visa?
Already Here on a Work Visa?
On an H-1B?
On an H-1B?
EB-3 is a common employer-sponsored green card step. If you hold an advanced degree, EB-2 may move faster.
EB-3 is a common employer-sponsored green card step. If you hold an advanced degree, EB-2 may move faster.
See the H-1B page
How We Work
How We Work
A deliberately limited caseload
A deliberately limited caseload
We take on fewer matters than a high-volume firm, by design. Your case receives focused, senior-level attention, not a place in a queue of hundreds.
We take on fewer matters than a high-volume firm, by design. Your case receives focused, senior-level attention, not a place in a queue of hundreds.
Every filing reviewed, then reviewed again
Every filing reviewed, then reviewed again
Before anything reaches the government, it passes through a careful, multi-step review. The small errors and inconsistencies that trigger Requests for Evidence, delays, and denials are precisely what that process is built to catch.
Before anything reaches the government, it passes through a careful, multi-step review. The small errors and inconsistencies that trigger Requests for Evidence, delays, and denials are precisely what that process is built to catch.
Direct access to your attorney
Direct access to your attorney
You work with the attorney handling your case from start to finish, clear answers, proactive updates, one point of accountability, not a rotating cast of assistants.
You work with the attorney handling your case from start to finish, clear answers, proactive updates, one point of accountability, not a rotating cast of assistants.
The content on this website is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not establish an attorney-client relationship until a formal engagement agreement is signed. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
© 2016-2026 Mamdani Law. All Rights Reserved.
The content on this website is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not establish an attorney-client relationship until a formal engagement agreement is signed. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
© 2016-2026 Mamdani Law. All Rights Reserved.
The content on this website is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not establish an attorney-client relationship until a formal engagement agreement is signed. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
© 2016-2026 Mamdani Law. All Rights Reserved.