EB-4

Employment-Based Immigration: Fourth Preference EB-4

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You may be eligible for an employment-based, fourth preference (EB-4) visa if you are a special immigrant.

The following special immigrants are eligible for the fourth preference visa:

• Religious workers;

• Special Immigrant Juveniles;

• Certain broadcasters;

• Certain retired officers or employees of a G-4 international organization or NATO-6 civilian employees and their family members;

• Certain employees of the U.S. government who are abroad and their family members;

• Members of the U.S. armed forces;

• Panama Canal company or Canal Zone government employees;

• Certain physicians licensed and practicing medicine in a U.S. state as of Jan. 9, 1978;

• Afghan or Iraqi translators or interpreters;

• Iraqis who were employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government; and

• Afghans who were employed by the U.S. government or International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

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Petitioning for an Employment-Based Fourth Preference Immigrant

To petition for an employment-based fourth preference immigrant, your employer must file a Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant.

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