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Can I apply for permanent residence while on an H-1B visa?

Typically a temporary U.S. work visa requires that you prove significant contacts in your native county and that you do not intend to apply for permanent residence in the U.S. The H-1B work visa is an exception to this rule. The H-1B work visa is technically a temporary visa because it is considered for a limited purpose, however, the application process for an H-1B work visa allows you to designate permanent residence as a dual intent as to the purpose of your entry.

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Working in the U.S. with an H2-B Visa

The H-2B visa is a visa for temporary work that U.S. workers are generally unwilling to do. This visa is for non-professionals and an employer must sponsor an immigrant. To employ H-2B workers, employers go through a process to prove that no U.S. workers are willing to do the temporary work. This includes filing certain forms, advertising the seasonal work, and going through a state run labor certification process.

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