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What Happens After Labor Certification Approval?
The approved LC is filed with the U.S.
Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS) along with other
paperwork
to determine whether the foreign national
qualifies for
one of the
following categories of sponsorship:
-
Members of the Professions with Advanced
Degrees
or the Equivalent or Aliens of Exceptional
Ability in
the Sciences, Arts or Business ("Second
Preference").
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Professionals (jobs requiring a bachelor's
degree); Skilled Workers (jobs requiring two
years or more training or experience);
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or
Unskilled Workers (jobs
requiring
less than two years' training or experience)
("Third Preference").
It will take many years to immigrate under the
Third
Preference Unskilled classification and about
two to five
years for
persons classified under the Second and remaining
Third Preferences. The waiting time depends upon
the worker's country of birth, place, of
job, and type of
LC.
Strategies to avoid the Third Preference
Unskilled
classification whenever possible are imperative.
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