EB-4
EB-4
Religious and other special groups
These individuals must work for U.S. nonprofit, religious organizations or at nonprofit, religious organizations affiliated with qualified religious denominations. The two non-minister categories, religious professionals and other religious workers, are subject to, and further limited to, not more than 5,000 of the annual special immigrant admissions. Historically, this annual limit has not been reached since July 1998.
This category is also for Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJ) to apply for a green card.
Religious:
There are three groups of religious workers
- ministers of religion
- professionals working in religious vocations or occupations
- other workers in religious vocations or occupations
To qualify under one of these classifications
- a qualifying religious organization must offer full-time permanent employment
- individual must have been a member of a qualifying religious denomination with which the petitioning organization in the UnitedStates is affiliated, and
- must have been working in that particular vocation, occupation, or related occupation, for the two years immediately preceding the filing of the petition. Short breaks or religious training during the two year can be ok
