US Green Card Pathways for International Workers 2026:The 7 Green Card Pathways
Here are seven important employment-based routes that worth knowing:
1. EB-1A — Extraordinary Ability
2. EB-1B/EB-1C — Outstanding Researchers, Professors, Multinational Managers & Executives
3. EB-2 NIW — National Interest Waiver
4. EB-2 Employer-Sponsored — Advanced Degree or Exceptional Ability
5. EB-3 — Skilled Workers, Professionals &;Other Workers
6. EB-4 — Certain Special Immigrants
7. EB-5 — Immigrant Investors
They are not equally easy, and they are certainly not available to everyone.
Your goal shouldn’t be to choose the category that sounds most attractive.
Your goal is to find the category whose requirements actually match your profile.
Let us look at each one.