EB4 Religious Worker Green Card
The EB4 category is for religious workers. Applicants must be a member of a religious denomination that has a nonprofit religious organization in the United States for at least two years. Labor certification or PERM is not required under the EB4 category. The EB4 green card is appropriate for religious workers such as pastors, evangelists, ministers, priests, nuns, rabbis, ordained deacons and monks.
The religious worker applicants may qualify for permanent residence green card if they hold the following positions:
- As a minister or priest of the religious denomination;
- In a professional capacity in a religious vocation or occupation for the religious organization (a professional capacity means that a US baccalaureate degree or foreign equivalent is required to do this job); or
- In a religious vocation or occupation for the religious organization or its nonprofit affiliate. (A religious vocation means a calling or devotion to religious life. Taking vows can prove that you have a calling to religious life. A religious occupation is an activity devoted to traditional religious functions. Examples of religious occupations include (but are not limited to) cantors, missionaries, and religious instructors.)
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