16/08/2026
āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĨā§āĻā§ EB-3 PERM â Green Card āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ practical, Bangladesh-focused guide āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ August 2026-āĻāϰ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ DOL/USCIS/State Department āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āϧāϰ⧠fees āĻ timeline āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
1. āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§āύ: EB-3-āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ category?
EB-3 āĻŽā§āϞāϤ ā§Š āϧāϰāύā§āϰ:
Category āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϝā§āĻā§āϝāϤāĻž
EB-3 Skilled Worker Job-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŽāĻĒāĻā§āώ⧠2 years training/experience
EB-3 Professional āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ job-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ bachelor's degree required
EB-3 Other Worker 2 years-āĻāϰ āĻāĻŽ training/experience-āĻāϰ job
EB-3-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠Skilled Worker, Professional āĻāĻŦāĻ Other WorkerâāĻāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ category-āĻ āϰā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋ applicant-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ: āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝ⧠job-āĻ apply āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āϏā§āĻ job-āĻāϰ actual minimum requirements āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻļā§āϧ⧠applicant-āĻāϰ degree āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞā§āĻ Professional category āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
2. āĻĒā§āϰ⧠EB-3 process āĻāĻ āύāĻāϰā§
Bangladesh Applicant
â
Genuine U.S. Employer āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻž
â
Job offer
â
Prevailing Wage Determination (PWD)
â
PERM Recruitment / Advertising
â
U.S. workers-āĻāϰ recruitment response evaluate
â
ETA-9089 / PERM filing
â
DOL PERM approval
â
I-140 â USCIS
â
Priority Date
â
Visa Bulletin āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ visa availability
â
NVC processing
â
DS-260 + Civil Documents
â
Medical Examination
â
U.S. Embassy Dhaka
â
Immigrant Visa
â
USA Entry
â
Green Card
3. Step 1 â Genuine U.S. employer āϞāĻžāĻāĻŦā§
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§ PERM āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻāύ U.S. employer āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ permanent, full-time job offer āĻāϰāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ employer āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ PERM process āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Employer āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§:
Construction company
Hotel
Restaurant
Nursing/healthcare organization
IT company
Manufacturing company
Logistics company
Food processing company
Landscaping company
Agriculture-related qualifying employer
Senior-care facility
Retail/warehouse company
Engineering company
āϤāĻŦā§ jobāĻāĻŋ real āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ employer-āĻā§ DOL-āĻāϰ recruitment requirements āĻŽā§āύ⧠āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
DOL-āĻāϰ PERM program-āĻāϰ āĻŽā§āϞ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻšāϞ⧠foreign worker āύāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ U.S. labor market test āĻāϰāĻžāĨ¤
4. Step 2 â Job position āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻā§āϞ āĻšā§āĨ¤
āϧāϰā§āύ U.S. employer āĻŦāϞāϞ:
Construction Manager
āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠employer-āĻā§ āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§:
Job duties
Minimum education
Minimum experience
Special skills
Work location
Wage
Job requirements
āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§ applicant āϏā§āĻ requirements āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āύ āĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Job: Construction Supervisor
Minimum requirement: 2 years experience
Applicant: Bangladesh-āĻ 5 years construction experience
â āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ qualify āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠employer āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞā§:
Minimum requirement: Bachelor's degree + 5 years experience
āĻāϰ applicant-āĻāϰ āĻļā§āϧ⧠HSC āĻĨāĻžāĻā§,
â āϏā§āĻ position-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ qualify āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
5. Step 3 â Prevailing Wage Determination (PWD)
Employer DOL-āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ job-āĻāϰ prevailing wage determination request āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāύāĻž āĻšā§:
SOC/job classification
Job duties
Education
Experience
Work location
Skill level
DOL-āĻāϰ Foreign Labor Certification system-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ prevailing wage āĻ PERM processing āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ
Employer applicant-āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽ salary āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ:
DOL prevailing wage = $55,000/year
āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠employer-āĻāϰ offered wage āϏā§āĻ applicable requirement-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāϏā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
6. Step 4 â Recruitment / Advertising
āĻāĻāĻŋ PERM-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϧāĻžāĻĒāĨ¤
Employer-āĻā§ U.S. labor market-āĻ recruitment āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ:
"āĻāĻ job-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ qualified U.S. worker āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻž āϝāĻžā§ āĻāĻŋ āύāĻž?"
Employer āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ required recruitment steps āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ recruitment-āĻāϰ documentation āϏāĻāϰāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Professional occupation āĻšāϞ⧠recruitment requirements āĻāϰāĻ extensive āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ misconception
Employer āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ advertisement āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§:
"We want this Bangladeshi person"
āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ PERM āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤
Recruitment U.S. labor market-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ genuine āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
7. Step 5 â U.S. applicants āĻāϞ⧠āĻā§ āĻšāĻŦā§?
āϧāϰā§āύ employer advertisement āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
10 āĻāύ U.S. applicant apply āĻāϰāϞāĨ¤
Employer āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ qualifications evaluate āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ qualified U.S. worker āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, employer āϤāĻžāĻā§ legitimate job-related reasons āĻāĻžā§āĻž reject āĻāϰ⧠foreign worker āύā§āĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
āĻ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§āĻ PERM approval guaranteed āύā§āĨ¤
8. Step 6 â ETA-9089 / PERM filing
Recruitment āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠employer āĻŦāĻž employer-āĻāϰ immigration attorney ETA-9089 file āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧠PERM application DOL-āĻāϰ FLAG system-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ process āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
DOL FLAG â PERM
9. Step 7 â DOL PERM decision
DOL application:
A. Certified
āϏāĻŦ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠PERM approve/certify āĻšā§āĨ¤
B. Audit
DOL āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ recruitment/documentation āĻāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
C. Denied
Requirements āύāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύāϞ⧠denial āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ timeline
DOL-āĻāϰ August 7, 2026 processing-time data āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ PERM cases āĻāĻāύāĻ significant backlog-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠processing āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āϤāĻžāĻ practical planning-āĻāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠PERM stage-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ roughly 12â18+ months āϧāϰ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ; recruitment/PWD āĻāĻŦāĻ audit āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āϞāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤ Exact timeline case āĻ DOL workload āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
10. Step 8 â I-140
PERM approved āĻšāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ employer USCIS-āĻ Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers file āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ USCIS fee schedule āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§:
I-140 filing fee = $715
āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ employer-āĻāϰ type āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ Asylum Program Fee āĻĒā§āϰāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§:
Regular employer: $600
Small employer: $300
Qualifying nonprofit: $0
Premium Processing
EB-3 I-140 premium processing-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύā§:
$2,805
āĻāĻŦāĻ USCIS-āĻāϰ stated premium processing period EB-3 I-140-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ 15 business daysāĨ¤
āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ: Premium Processing āĻļā§āϧ⧠I-140 āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ PERM āĻŦāĻž visa availability āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤
11. Step 9 â Priority Date
PERM-based EB-3 case-āĻ priority date āĻ
āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤
āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ PERM properly filed/accepted āĻšāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϝ⧠date-āĻāϰ āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧠immigrant visa queue āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§, āϏā§āĻāĻŋāĻ case-āĻāϰ priority date āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻšā§ā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĨ¤
āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ Visa Bulletin āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
August 2026-āĻāϰ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž
U.S. Department of State-āĻāϰ August 2026 Visa Bulletin āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§:
EB-3 â All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed
Final Action Date:
01 September 2024
āĻāϰ Dates for Filing:
Current (C)
āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ "All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed" column-āĻāϰ āĻ
āϧā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ Bangladesh āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž oversubscribed country āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āϤ āύā§āĨ¤
āĻāϰ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ āĻā§?
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ EB-3 priority date āĻāĻāύ eligible āĻšā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠NVC/immigrant visa processing-āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āύā§āϰ āϏā§āϝā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠Visa Bulletin āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻā§āϰ cutoff āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āϧāϰ⧠āύā§āĻā§āĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
12. Step 10 â NVC
I-140 approved āĻāĻŦāĻ visa number available/appropriate filing stage āĻāϞ⧠case Department of State-āĻāϰ National Visa Center (NVC)-āĻ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
NVC stage-āĻ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ:
NVC case processing
Fees
DS-260
Civil documents
Passport
Police certificate
Birth certificate
Marriage certificate
āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ supporting documents
āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤
Employment-based immigrant visa processing fee āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύā§:
$345 per applicantāĨ¤
13. Bangladesh applicant-āĻāϰ documents
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ documents āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
Personal
Valid passport
Birth certificate
NID
Passport photographs
Marriage certificate, if married
Divorce/death certificate, if applicable
Children-āĻāϰ birth certificates, if applicable
Education
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ job-āĻāϰ requirement āĻĨāĻžāĻā§:
SSC certificate
HSC certificate
Diploma
Bachelor's certificate
Master's certificate
Transcripts
Employment
āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ:
Experience certificates
Employment letters
Appointment letters
Salary records
Pay slips
Bank salary evidence, āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠applicable
Tax documents, āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠applicable
Job duties/details
Police / legal
Bangladesh police clearance/certificate as required
āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ country-āϤ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āϏā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ required police certificate
Immigration history
Previous U.S. visas
Previous U.S. immigration records
Previous refusals, if any
Previous travel/visa information
āĻāĻāύāĻ fake experience certificate āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
14. Employer-āĻāϰ documents
Employer-side documentation āĻāϰāĻ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤
Employer-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšā§:
Company information
FEIN
Business details
Job description
Work location
Wage information
Recruitment records
Advertising evidence
U.S. applicant resumes/applications
Applicant rejection reasons
Recruitment report
PWD
ETA-9089
Ability-to-pay evidence for I-140
Corporate/tax/financial records, as applicable
PERM audit āĻšāϞ⧠recruitment records āĻ
āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
15. āĻā§ āĻā§āύ āĻāϰāĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§?
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āϏāϤāϰā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰā§ā§āĻāύāĨ¤
Employer-side costs
PERM-āĻāϰ employer-side recruitment āĻāĻŦāĻ related costs āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ employer-āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĒā§ā§āĨ¤
āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§:
Attorney fee
Advertising
Recruitment expenses
PWD/PERM processing-related expenses
Applicant-side costs
Applicant-āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§:
Passport
Civil documents
Police clearance
Translation
Medical
Visa fee
Travel
USCIS immigrant fee
Personal attorney/consultation expenses, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§
PERM recruitment/legal costs applicant-āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āύā§āĻā§āĻž āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ legal restrictions āĻāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻ employer āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞā§:
"PERM-āĻāϰ advertising + recruitment + employer attorney fee āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§"
āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠payment āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ U.S. immigration attorney āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
16. āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ total cost
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāύ single applicant-āĻāϰ rough planning estimate, exact quotation āύā§āĨ¤
Item Approx.
PERM attorney/recruitment Employer-dependent
I-140 $715 + applicable Asylum Program Fee
I-140 Premium Processing $2,805 optional
Immigrant Visa $345
Medical Bangladesh/local fee āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§
Police clearance/documents Variable
Translation Variable
USCIS Immigrant Fee $235
Air ticket Variable
USCIS immigrant fee āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧠$235 āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ listed āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ immigrant visa āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ Green Card production/immigrant processing-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
āϤāĻžāĻ government fees āĻāĻŦāĻ personal expenses āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
17. USCIS Immigrant Fee
Immigrant visa āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠USA āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ USCIS immigrant fee pay āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ listed fee:
$235
USCIS āĻŦāϞāĻā§ āĻāĻ fee immigrant visa packet processing āĻāĻŦāĻ Green Card production-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
18. Medical Examination â Bangladesh
NVC/Embassy interview-āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ approved panel physician-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ medical examination āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ:
Medical examination
Vaccination review
Chest X-ray/other tests as required
Blood/other examination as required
āĻāϰ exact fee applicant-āĻāϰ age, vaccination status āĻāĻŦāĻ required tests-āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
19. U.S. Embassy Dhaka
āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧠U.S. Embassy Dhaka-āĻāϰ immigrant visa process-āĻ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ operational change āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Embassy Dhaka āĻāĻžāύāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§ āϝ⧠June 1, 2026 āĻĨā§āĻā§ immigrant visa categories-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ two-day processing āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ visit-āĻ document review, fingerprints āĻāĻŦāĻ photographs āύā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
āϏā§āϤāϰāĻžāĻ interview stage-āĻ applicant-āĻā§ original documents āĻāĻŦāĻ copies āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
U.S. Embassy Dhaka â Immigrant Visa Information
20. EB-3-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āύ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ job āĻāĻžāϞā§?
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ misconception āĻāĻā§:
"EB-3 āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻ low-skilled job."
āĻāĻāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ āύā§āĨ¤
EB-3 Professional
āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ job:
Accountant
Engineer
Software/IT-related professional
Business Analyst
Teacher
Architect
āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ bachelor's-degree-required professional jobs
āϤāĻŦā§ job-āĻāϰ minimum requirement bachelor's degree āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ applicant-āĻā§ āϏā§āĻ requirement āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
EB-3 Skilled Worker
āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ:
Construction supervisor
Skilled technician
Automotive technician
Industrial maintenance
Chef/cook āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠applicable
HVAC technician
Welder
Electrician
Plumber
Certain manufacturing positions
Certain healthcare support/skilled positions
āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠āĻšāϞ⧠job-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ at least 2 years training or experience requirement āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ applicant āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
EB-3 Other Worker
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠comparatively lower-experience jobs āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύ:
Food processing
Certain hospitality jobs
Housekeeping
Certain warehouse/manufacturing jobs
Certain agricultural/non-seasonal positions
Other qualifying permanent positions
āϤāĻŦā§ "Other Worker" category-āĻāϰ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž numerical limitation āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ Visa Bulletin-āĻ āĻāϰ cutoff EB-3 Skilled/Professional-āĻāϰ āĻā§ā§ā§ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤ August 2026-āĻāĻ āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻ category-āĻāϰ cutoff āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĨ¤
21. Bangladesh āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ practical strategy
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧠applicant screening āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽ:
Profile A â Bachelor's + relevant experience
Target: EB-3 Professional
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ:
BBA + 4 years accounting experience
â Accountant-type qualifying job
Profile B â Technical experience
Target: EB-3 Skilled Worker
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ:
Diploma + 5 years HVAC experience
â HVAC/maintenance-related qualifying job
Profile C â No degree but strong experience
Target: Skilled Worker, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ job-āĻāϰ actual requirements āĻāĻŦāĻ applicant-āĻāϰ experience match āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Profile D â Little/no experience
Target: Other Worker, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠legitimate permanent employer āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ visa-number timeline carefully evaluate āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
22. Realistic timeline â Bangladesh applicant
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ marketing-style "8 months Green Card" estimate āĻĻā§āĻŦ āύāĻžāĨ¤
āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻŦ planning-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ:
Stage Rough planning
Employer/job matching 1â6+ months
PWD Several months
Recruitment ~2â3 months+
PERM adjudication ~12â18+ months depending on DOL workload
Audit, if any Additional time
I-140 normal Variable
I-140 premium 15 business days stated timeframe
Visa Bulletin wait Highly variable
NVC Several months depending on case/document readiness
Medical/interview Variable
Total āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§ 2.5â4+ years realistic planning range
āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦā§ uncertainty āĻšāϞ⧠PERM processing + Visa Bulletin + employer/job validityāĨ¤
DOL-āĻāϰ August 2026 data āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§ PERM backlog āĻāĻāύāĻ significant; āϤāĻžāĻ 1-year-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĒā§āϰ⧠EB-3 Green Card āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻŦā§âāĻāĻŽāύ promise āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ āύā§āĨ¤
23. Family members
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ EB-3 principal applicant āĻšāϞ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ eligible:
Spouse
Unmarried children under 21
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž derivative immigrant āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§āϤ⧠āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, subject to applicable rules.
Department of State-āĻāϰ Visa Bulletin-āĻ employment-based preference immigrants-āĻāϰ spouse/children derivative status-āĻāϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
24. āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ fraud warning đ¨
āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§ EB-3 āύāĻŋā§ā§ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧠fake job / fake employer / fake PERMāĨ¤
āĻāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻā§āĻŋā§ā§ āĻāϞā§āύ:
â "100% Green Card guarantee"
â "PERM ready āĻāĻā§"
â "āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§ PERM āĻāĻŋāύ⧠āĻĻā§āĻŦ"
â "Employer āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰ āύā§āĻ"
â "āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ employer-āĻāϰ recruitment cost āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āύ"
â Fake experience certificate
â Fake U.S. company
â Interview āĻāĻžā§āĻžāĻ guaranteed job
â "I-140 approval = Green Card guaranteed"
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻāϰ⧠real employer, real job, real recruitment āĻāĻŦāĻ genuine applicant qualification āĻāĻžā§āĻž EB-3 āĻāϰāĻž āĻ
āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤
25. āĻāĻāĻāύ Bangladesh applicant-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ recommended checklist
āĻāĻā§ employer āĻā§āĻāĻā§āύ
1. Job title
â
2. SOC code
â
3. Minimum qualification
â
4. Employer verification
â
5. Salary verification
â
6. PWD
â
7. Recruitment
â
8. ETA-9089
â
9. PERM approval
â
10. I-140
â
11. Priority date
â
12. Visa Bulletin
â
13. NVC
â
14. DS-260
â
15. Medical
â
16. Embassy Dhaka
â
17. Immigrant Visa
â
18. USA Entry
â
19. Green Card
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ
August 2026-āĻ Bangladesh chargeability-āĻāϰ EB-3 Final Action Date āĻšāϞ⧠01 September 2024, āĻāϰ EB-3 Dates for Filing column Current āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧠āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ 2026 āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āύāϤā§āύ EB-3 āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āύ, āϧāϰ⧠āύā§āĻā§āĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻž āϝ⧠āύāϤā§āύ PERM/I-140 āĻšāϞā§āĻ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ immigrant visa āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ priority date āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝ⧠Visa Bulletin movement-āĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ EB-3 business āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝā§āĻšā§āϤ⧠visa/travel-related āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āύ, āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰā§āϰ āϧāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ âBangladesh āĻĨā§āĻā§ EB-3 client processing business modelâ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋâāϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§:
US employer āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŦā§āύ â employer verification â āĻā§āύ documents āύā§āĻŦā§āύ â client agreement â āĻā§āύ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž employer/client āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ â PERM/I-140/NVC workflow â EB-3 fraud detection checklist â Bangladesh client-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ Excel CRM structure â āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ realistic service-charge modelāĨ¤