Which visa is required?

[Aqid 1]

Hi guys,

I immigrated from The Netherlands to the USA a few years ago and started working at an IT company. We are constantly hiring new people so I recommended one of my old classmates to my boss. My boss was interested after reading his resume, since we have a high level of skill. The position within our company would be a Project System Administrator level III. Some information about him:

• He has a bachelor of science in Network Infrastructure Design.
• He started working in IT around 2009, but didn't graduate his major until January 2013
• He has been working full time in IT since he graduated.

He would be willing to relocate here, permanently. IS this possible? Which category of visa should be we thinking of? What would be an estimated timeline?

Thanks so much for your help guys, there's just so much information out there that I'd like to have an opinion from someone with experience.

[Boiler 45,662]

H1b would be the most common.

Is this for a non profit?

[Aqid 1]

No, this is not a non-profit.

[Mollie09 1,543]

He would have to apply for H1B, but they can only apply in April for an October 2016 start date. And it's not permanent, it's a 6-year maximum unless the company also files for his green card.

[Aqid 1]

So H1b is an option, I read there's only 65k of them a year and there's 250k applications. Does that mean that his chance would be roughly 25%? Is there any way to increase that?

How about an EB2, would he be eligible for that?

Is it correct to say that the first thing to do for my company would be to hire an immigration lawyer? I've only done an CR-1 so far and I've done all the work of it myself. I assume that's not possible with an H1b/EB2?

[Boiler 45,662]

It is a lottery and who knows how many will enter.

I can see EB3, EB2? Most employers are reluctant to go straight to GC, after all they could pay and he moves on.

The case would be handled by the Employers Lawyer.