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Permanent Residency Through Work
Employment-based immigration allows skilled workers, advanced-degree professionals, and individuals of extraordinary ability to become lawful permanent residents. Sukkar & Associates handles EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 petitions — including the PERM labor certification process and National Interest Waivers — coordinating employers and applicants from first filing to final green card.
What Applicants Experience
Employment-based green cards often involve several agencies and years of careful sequencing. We keep every stage aligned — labor certification, the immigrant petition, and adjustment of status — so priority dates are protected and momentum is never lost to an avoidable error.
Priority workers
Advanced degree/ NIW
Skilled & professional
Visa Categories
The right category determines your timeline, your evidence, and whether you need an employer sponsor. We assess which path is strongest for you.
For multinational executives or managers of a company, individuals with extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, education, business, or athletics, and outstanding professors or researchers.
For members of the professions holding advanced degrees or their equivalent, and persons of exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business who will substantially benefit the national economy or the cultural, educational, or welfare interests of the United States.
O-1 for persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, athletics, or film and television; P-1 for recognized entertainers, circus artists, and athletes; R-1 for religious workers; and TN for qualifying Canadian and Mexican professionals in a listed profession.
PERM Labor Certification
PERM labor certification is the first step to permanent residency in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories. Before the U.S. employer can submit a petition to the immigration service, the employer must in most instances obtain an approved labor certification from the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. The DOL must certify to USCIS that no qualified U.S. workers are able, willing, qualified, and available to accept the job at the prevailing wage in the area of intended employment, and that employing the foreign worker will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers. Mistakes here can restart the entire case, so precision is everything.
Why It Matters
An employment-based green card gives you permanent residency that follows your career, the freedom to change employers in many cases, and a clear path to citizenship. We build cases that protect your priority date and your long-term goals — not just the immediate filing.
The Process
We select EB-1, EB-2, or EB-3 and map the strongest route.
We manage recruitment and labor certification end to end.
We file the immigrant petition with documented qualifications.
We complete the green card application once a visa is available.
The Details Other Firms Miss
Visa backlogs can stretch for years. We use portability, category downgrades and upgrades, and timing strategy to protect your place in line.
These cases require tight employer cooperation. We manage the relationship and documentation so a sponsor's misstep doesn't cost you the case.
Common Questions
Not always. EB-1A extraordinary-ability cases and EB-2 National Interest Waivers allow self-petitioning. Most other categories require an employer sponsor and labor certification.
It depends heavily on your category and country of birth. Some cases finish in a year or two; others face multi-year visa backlogs. We give you a realistic projection and a strategy to protect your priority date.
Often yes, through AC21 portability once your case reaches the right stage. We advise you before any job change so you don’t jeopardize a pending case.
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