Note that the employment-based green card process steps can only be started and driven by your employer, meaning you cannot self-sponsor it. As you probably already know, there are other ways to obtain a green card, such as the green card lottery. However, in this article, we focus on Employment-Based Green Card categories and processes.
“EB” stands for “employment-based,” and each number following “EB” notes the preference of each category:
EB-1 is the first preference EB-2 is the second preference EB-3 is the third preference
There are also EB-4 and EB-5 categories, yet these do not fall under the preference system of the first three employment-based categories.
These are the different employment categories that one can gain a green card sponsorship.