The Immigration and Nationality Act allows the U.S. government to issue 140,000 employment-based visas annually. These visas are allocated across five preference categories:

• EB-1: Priority Workers
• EB-2: Professionals with Advanced Degrees or Exceptional Ability
• EB-3: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers
• EB-4: Certain Special Immigrants
• EB-5:
  
  Immigrant Investors Once granted, an EB visa permits a foreign worker and their family to live and work legally in the United States as permanent residents.