Immigrant visa · family EB
Immigrant route · EB-4 Fourth preference: certain special immigrants
Permanent immigration through employment, exceptional ability, special employment, or qualifying investment.
Planning brief
Questions to carry into an official conversation
Use these prompts to make the next conversation more specific. They are planning topics, not a checklist that predicts an outcome.
- 01
Identify the statutory or employment history that makes the special route relevant and the agency that documents it.
- 02
Preserve service, employment, family, petition, or approval records in the order the official process requests.
- 03
Use current USCIS, Department of State, and post-specific instructions for the case rather than relying on a category label alone.
Source trail
Start with the published government record.
U.S. Department of State · Employment-Based Immigrant Visas
Checked 2026-08-22. Government pages and post-specific instructions can change; save the current source you used.
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