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May 3, 2021
U.S. Employment Visa Sponsorship
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Immigrant Visas Employment Sponsorships
For the immigrant visas or Green Cards, there is also a need for employment sponsorship. From the categories, there is also an Employment Based Immigrant Visa group. Most of the visas in the group need an employment sponsorship.
EB-1 Visa – Outstanding professors, researchers, people with extraordinary abilities in arts, science, business, athletics, or education. Also executive managers who have worked at a foreign branch of a US company for the past 3 years.
EB-2 Visa – Professionals with advanced degrees and people with extraordinary abilities in arts, sciences, or business.
EB-3 Visa – Skilled workers with more than 2 years of experience, professionals with a higher education degree. Also, unskilled workers with less than 2 years of experience (EW-3 Visa).
EB-4 Visa – Various religious, government, or international organizations workers.
Some of these visas, such as the EB-1 visa allow self-petitioning. This means that in some cases, if you have such extraordinary abilities you can sponsor your own visa. You must submit all the documents and pay the fees yourself. Other visas, such as the EB-5 visa only work through self-petitioning.
How Do I Get a Sponsor Letter for US Visa?
As explained, getting a sponsorship employment visa requires you to have an offer from a US employer. The US employer must send you a contract to sign, which will then be part of the sponsorship documents.
In some nonimmigrant visas the Department of Labor first requires a Labor Certification. This is the part where the US employer proves they could not find a suitable US employee, but have to hire a foreign one.
After getting this certification, the employer submits the petition. The petition has all the supporting documents, contracts, itineraries, and qualifications of the employee. It is then submitted to USCIS. For nonimmigrant employment visa sponsorships, the employer submits
Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker. For immigrant visas, the employer submits
Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker.
These petitions and their instructions are in the USCIS website. If the employer wants to complete them, they can do so following those instructions. Many employers though hire a lawyer to complete them because it is very easy to make mistakes. Mistakes in filing or submissions can lead to the delay of the visa processing.
Once USCIS has the petition and the supporting documents, they process the case. Since there are so many petitions the wait time can be long. Some employees wait for months or even a year until they hear back from USCIS.
When USCIS makes a decision, they send a notice to both the employer and the employee. If they deny the petition, the notice outlines the reasons. It could be because the employee was not qualified enough or there was not enough documentation.
If USCIS decides to approve the petition, then the notice will be positive. It will then state the next steps that the employer and employee must take to get the actual visa. Then, depending on the type of visa they want, they start the application process. The application process is then done at a US Embassy in the employee’s home country.
How much does the sponsor visa cost?
Getting an employment visa sponsorship is not cheap. Especially to the US employer who has to pay most of the fees. Depending on the visa, it might cost up to a few thousand dollars to sponsor a foreign employee. Because it is so expensive, employers are reluctant to do it.
The actual fees depend on the visa type, but a general overview of the most common fees and their costs are as follows:
Form I-129 – $460
Form I-140 – $700
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998(ACWIA) – $750 or $1,500
Fraud Prevention and Detection Fee – $500
For employers with 50 or more employees and 50% of them are foreign – $4,000 or $4,500
I wish you the best of luck in achieving your dream!