There are five employment-based visa categories available to aliens who are seeing to immigrate based on their job skills. These categories are as follows:

• 1 EMPLOYMENT-BASED
• a Employment First Preference (EB_1)
  Priority Workers
• b. Employment Second Preference (EB_2)

  Professionals Holding advanced Degree and Persons of Exceptional Ability

• c. Employment Third Preference (EB_3)

  Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Unskilled Workers (Other Workers)

• d. Employment Fourth Preference (EB_4)

  Certain Special Immigrants

• e. Employment Fifth Preference (EB_5)

  Immigrant Investors