Registration Details
| Event Date | Event Time | Registration Deadline | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - 31, 2026 | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Register Today |
Unlock the complexities of managing lawful permanent residence based on employment. Clear institutional policies and procedures are essential for employment-based lawful permanent residence. The carefully curated content is geared to towards empowering participants to engage effectively with key campus stakeholders who play a crucial role in shaping institutional permanent residency sponsorship policies. During this engaging hands on workshop participants will examine faculty and non-faculty employment-based permanent residency cases to define issues, review required forms and processes, and develop strong institutional policies.
Workshop Objectives
- Describe the essential eligibility criteria, procedures, and regulatory underpinnings of lawful permanent residence for common employment-based categories.
- Recognize issues affecting the employment-based permanent residence process.
- Initiate or review institutional policies for permanent residence sponsorship.
Workshop Agenda
- Introductions to EB Pathways to Permanent Residency
- EB-1 Pathways to Permanent Residency
- EB-1B Outstanding Professors and Researchers
- EB-1A Individuals of Extraordinary Ability
- EB-2 Pathways to Permanent Residency
- EB-3 Pathways to Permanent Residency
- Labor Certification for EB-2 and EB-3 Cases
- General Labor Certification Issues: Recruitment
- “Special Handling” Labor Certifications for College and University Teachers
- General Labor Certification Issues: Job Duties and Minimum Requirement
- General Labor Certification Issues: Beneficiary’s Qualifications
- General Labor Certification Issues: Prevailing Wage Determinations
- General Labor Certification Issues: Notice of Filing
- Online File of Forms ETA-9141 and ETA-9089
- The 1-140 Immigrant Petition
- The Final Stage: Adjustment of Status of Immigrant Visa
- Maintaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status
Audience
Experienced international student and scholar advisers and program administrators whose responsibilities encompass employment-based permanent residency issues for their institution.
