Employment-Based Immigration

Employment-based immigration encompasses a wide variety of opportunities from immigrant visas to non-immigrant visas.  Employment-based immigrant visas create permanent residence in the United States, while non-immigrant visas are for temporary stay in the United States.

Employment- based immigrant visas in this category include:

• EB-5 visa

Employment-based non-immigrant visas include:

• E -1 visa – Treaty Trader
• E-2 visa – Treaty Investor
• H-1B visa: Specialty occupation 
• H-2A visa: Agricultural Workers 
• H-2B visa: Seasonal workers 
• H-3 visa: trainee visas 
• L-1A visa: Intracompany Transferee
• L-1B visa: Specialized Knowledge Intracompany Transferee
• O visa: Persons of Extraordinary Ability
• P visa: Entertainers, Athletes, artists and cultural exchange workers;
• R visa: Religious Worker visas
• TN visa: Treaty Nafta Visa for Mexican and Canadian professionals 

To speak with an experienced lawyer about your employment immigration concerns, please call our Houston office at (713) 589-2085.