Each year, 140,000 applicants around the world are awarded green card in employment based categories. 

Unlike H1B Visa which usually requires a bachelor degree in specialty occupation, employment based green card could be awarded to people in very different occupations. 

If you search green card database, you will find labor certifications certified for not only engineers, accountants anddesigners, but also cooks, landscapers and nannies. 

Immigration attorneys say that it is easier for cooks to get green card than engineers, because American can not cook Chinese food! 

Following are the major ways to get employment green card:

• Job Offer: foreign workers whose employers want to sponsor green card for them.


• Investment: investors/entrepreneurs who create new U.S. jobs.


• Self Petition: individuals of extraordinary ability or those granted a national interest waiver.


• Special Categories: jobs include broadcaster, international organization employee, religious workers and many more.

To find out if you qualify for employment green card, please click here to know more or click here to search database. 

There are many other ways to get green card including family, marriage, lottery, refugee and asylum, please click here to know more.