The U.S Green Card

Since my goal would be to work (even do internship) for Pixar it also means that I of course would have to move to the U.S and therefore would need a visa.

Personally I wouldn't apply for a visa to the U.S without already having a job offer so based on that scenario the most relevant type of visa (or green card) for me would be to apply for "immigration through employment".

What I've found in my research on this subject is that there are four categories for receiving the green card based upon employment:

• EB-1
• EB-2
• EB-3
• EB-4

EB-2 and EB-3 are the alternatives I consider relevant ones for my situation which I'll quote in more detail below:


"

EB-2 Professionals with advanced degrees or persons with exceptional ability

• Foreign nationals of exceptional ability in the sciences, arts or business
• Foreign nationals that are advanced degree professionals
• Qualified alien physicians who will practice medicine in an area of the U.S. which is underserved.
  

EB-3 Skilled or professional workers

• Foreign national professionals with bachelor's degrees (not qualifying for a higher preference category)
• Foreign national skilled workers (minimum two years training and experience)
• Foreign national unskilled workers

"

I can't say I'm certain of what "advanced degrees" would classify as but since I'm planning to do Master's degree I'm thinking it could possibly fall into that category.
If not, EB-3 should be my best option.

Applying for any of the two options mentioned above is still a 3 step process:

1. The employer needs to obtain a labor certification from the US department of labor (DOL)
2. The employer needs to fill out a form with U.S Citizenship Immigration Services (USCIS)
3. Once the form has been approved and the visa bulletin reflects that a visa is available, the employee will apply to a U.S. consulate for an immigrant visa or to USCIS for adjustment of status.

NB. Part of the text above (written in italic style) is a quote from my source since there really wasn't any better way of explaining this in other words.


I guess that pretty much everything in short about what I've found out during my research about work permit/green card in the U.S.


Source: U.S. Citizen Immigration Services