

workers don’t want to take on those roles,” Shah said. Nevertheless, the difficult nature of the work is a reason why an unskilled job has a reward as enticing as permanent residency. Shah agreed that poultry processing is important but not easy.

I didn’t think that we were particularly unfortunate.” No wonder food processing is a means to bring people to the United States,’” Mi-Jin said, reminiscing of a time when she heard about the workplace from her husband. Through her husband’s employment, Mi-Jin and their two children Sorah* and Joon* also immigrated, categorized as the family of the visa holder.Įarning a way into the United States, Mi-Jin was filled with gratitude despite the stark contrast in living situations. Indians, mainland Chinese and Filipinos were also among the top recipients of EB-3 visas issued that year, according to the Department of State. Jin-Sung was one of about 1,100 South Koreans who immigrated through the EB-3 program. In fiscal year 2005, when the Chois moved to the United States, more than 10,000 EB-3 preference visas were issued to Asians alone. Īsia has historically led the way in receiving the most employment-based visas from the United States, but in the past decade the total number of EB-3 preference visas has dropped by more than 3,000. Jin-Sung Choi came to the United States in 2005 with other Asians who made up the highest number of EB-3 visa recipients in fiscal year 2005.
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In fiscal year 2016, more than 10,000 EB-3 preference visas were issued, according to the Department of State.Ībout 84% of those visas were issued to people born in Asia.Ĭlick on photo to see full data table. Steve Kim, a lawyer based in Illinois, said that the EB-3 visa program was created with the technically skilled in mind. The EB-3 program, for which “unskilled” workers qualify, is also applicable to “skilled workers” and “professionals,” like many in the information technology sector. The higher the preference, the more likely the chance of success at lawful immigration. Other preference categories cover a range of professionals, such as “outstanding professors and researchers” and those with “extraordinary ability” (first preference) and investors (fifth preference). Then we asked, ‘How can we apply?’ That’s when I learned that poultry planting was an option.” “At the time, there were many ways to immigrate to the United States, and what applied to us was the EB-3 program. “I researched a lot about what jobs matched the skills we had,” Mi-Jin said in Korean. Though called a preference, the EB-3 places immigrants on a pathway to a green card that takes about ten to fifteen years, according to Shah. permanent resident,’ instead of just allowing anybody to apply, needs to fit a certain preference or category in order to apply,” Shah said. came forward and said, ‘Look, I’m a good person. Tejas Shah, an immigration attorney, explained the concept of employment-based immigration like this: “For example, if somebody with no connection to the U.S. Also called the third preference category for employment-based immigration, the EB-3 program permits foreigners to have a path to obtain a green card (permanent residency) and labor certification to work in the United States until then. Mi-Jin learned about the EB-3 visa program.

When Jin-Sung’s wife Mi-Jin* grew dissatisfied with the Korean education system for their children, she began looking for ways to immigrate to the United States. This was certainly not the kind of work he had to do in his home country of South Korea.

From growing chickens until they reach a certain size in diameter to sending them down conveyor belts and seeing them to become wings, legs and thighs, Jin-Sung worked inside a poultry processing plant located in a large town in Maryland for about a year. The job for you and your unit is to clean the New York area and not allow the virus to spread around the world.Poultry move down a processing line, hanging from hooks on a conveyor belt inside a plant. As Joe, you are working for a private military conglomerate (a unit called Wolfpack). Stop the zombie infection in New York before it becomes global.
