Our Mission
The Legal Edge is dedicated to upholding the great American heritage for providing opportunities and excellence
through immigration. We promote legal immigration to the United States by protecting the rights and privileges granted
by American citizenship. We give non-immigrants the opportunites for education and training in America to bring back to their
homelands for world development.
IMMIGRATING TO THE UNITED STATES TO BECOME A CITIZEN
Eligibility Information: Who May Apply to Become a Lawful Permanent Resident While in the
United States?
Family Member
A. You must be the spouse, parent, unmarried child under age 21, the unmarried son or daughter over age 21, the married
son or daughter, or the brother or sister of a United States citizen and have a visa petition approved in your behalf.
B. You must be the spouse or unmarried son or daughter of any age of a lawful permanent resident and you have a family-based
visa petition approved in your behalf.
Employment
You must be an alien who has an approved visa petition filed in your behalf by a United States employer.
Who is Eligible for Employment Based Immigration?
There are five categories of employment based immigration:
First Preference (EB-1 priority workers): workers with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers,
and certain multinational executives and managers.
Second Preference (EB-2 workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability): workers who are members of the professions
holding advanced degrees or their equivalent and aliens who because of their exceptional ability in the sciences, arts,
or business will substantially benefit the national economy, cultural, or educational interests or welfare of the United States.
Third Preference (EB-3 professionals, skilled workers, and other workers): workers with at least two years of
experience as skilled workers, professionals with a baccalaureate degree, and others with less than two years experience,
such as an unskilled worker who can perform labor for which qualified workers are not available in the United States.
Fourth Preference (EB-4 special workers such as those in a religious occupation or vocation): workers who, for at
least two years before applying for admission to the United States, have been a member of a religious denomination that has
a non-profit religious organization in the United States, and who will be working in a religious vocation or occupation at
the request of the religious organization.
Fifth Preference (EB-5 Employment Creation) You can be granted immigrant status in the United States for the purpose of
engaging in a new commercial enterprise through an investment.
NON-IMMIGRANT CATEGORIES FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
Employers may apply for Non-immigrant Workers for the following types of workers.
H-1B Specialty Workers and Fashion Models
P-1 Athlete, Entertainment Groups
H-1C Registered Nurses: see www.medicalvisas.com
P-2 Artistic Exchange
H-2 Temporary Labor
P-3 Culturally Unique Artists
H-3 Alien Trainees
Q-1 International Cultural Exchange Program
L-1 Intracompany Transferee
TN Mexican Citizens under NAFTA (Canada is represented below)
O-1 Aliens with Extraordinary Ability
There are different procedures for the following categories:
E Treaty Trader or Investor
TN Canadian Citizens under NAFTA (Mexico is represented above)
R-1 Religious Worker
