H-1 B Visas for Professional Workers These occupations include computer professionals, teachers, physicians, engineers, architects, accountants and health care professionals. The annual cap on H-1B professionals is 65,000. However, an additional 20,000 H-1B numbers are reserved for persons with advanced degrees from U.S. institutions of higher learning.
Green Cards and Employment in America US immigration law allows 140,000 persons annually to obtain green cards through employment. Lazaro Law Group represented hundreds of immigrants seeking work in the United States. In general, before an EB-2 or EB-3 preference petition on behalf of a prospective immigrant can be submitted to the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), an employer must obtain the approval of a PERM application issued by the US Department of Labor.