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June 19, 2026
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✅ ReviewedReviewed by Jinwen Liu, Esq., licensed attorney in New York. Last updated: June 19, 2026.
Last reviewed: June 20, 2026
⚠️ This article was reviewed by Jinwen Liu, Esq., licensed attorney in New York. Last updated: June 19, 2026.
The EB-3 employment-based green card covers skilled workers, professionals, and unskilled workers. It requires a PERM labor certification — a lengthy process involving prevailing wage determination, recruitment campaigns, and DOL adjudication taking 20-29 months even without an audit. After I-140 approval, priority date waits vary dramatically by country: approximately 2 years for ROW, 5 years for China, and 12+ years for India-born applicants under the June 2026 Visa Bulletin.
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