Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 1 P25 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 228 ALIENS highly specialized. Their levels are set as percentages of the worldwide maximum of 140 000. First preference Priority workers are allotted percent. These are persons of extraordinaryability in the sciences arts education business or athletics outstanding professors and researchers and multinational executives and managers. Second preference Professionals holding advanced degrees or persons of exceptional ability in the sciences arts or business are allotted percent. Third preference Skilled workers in short supply professionals holding baccalaureate degrees and other workers in short supply are allotted percent. Fourth preference Certain special immigrants percent. These are mainly religious workers as well as former employees of the . government and international organizations. Fifth preference Employment creation immigrants are allotted percent. These are investors who will create at least ten . jobs by investing in a new commercial enterprise benefiting the . economy especially in areas of low employment. Generally the minimum required investment is 1 million. Though all potential immigrants face rigorous application requirements certain categories are more exacting. Petitions are needed for visas based on the immediate-relative family-sponsored and employment-related preference categories. These must be filed in the United States by citizens or resident aliens on behalf of the applicant and then approved by the BCIS. Under a significant exception anyone may petition on behalf of Amerasian children of . service members. Many of the employment-related preference categories also need an employer s petition. As a safeguard intended to protect jobs the employer is first required to seek an official form of permission called labor certification. This is approved only if a sufficient qualified workers are not available and b employment of the alien will not adversely affect wages or working conditions of similarly .
