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Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Worker

How is I-140 filled out?

Part by part, in the order USCIS asks — and in our software, from your answers: you answer simple questions once, and the fields fill themselves.

Part by part

What the form asks

  1. The classification

    Which employment category the petition claims — EB-1, EB-2, or EB-3 — and whether it is employer-filed or a self-petition.

  2. The evidence case

    Degrees, letters, publications, citations, awards — the record measured against the category’s legal criteria.

  3. The priority date

    The filing date that holds your place in the visa queue, tracked in the monthly Visa Bulletin.

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