You can find further guidance on the Form I-140 instructions and on the Petition Filing and Processing Procedures for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers webpage.
Understand who qualifies for Form I-140, how to file, and what priority dates and approval mean for your path to a green card.
All U.S. employers filing petitions in which a permanent job offer is required must have either an IRS Tax Number or a Social Security Number and must provide that 9 digit number in Part 1 of Form I-140, or Form I-140 will be rejected with a notice that Form I-140 is deficient.
An I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker is a form filed with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) by an employer on behalf of a foreign national employee.
140 is an abundant number and a harmonic divisor number. [1] It is the sum of the squares of the first seven integers, which makes it a square pyramidal number.
Form I-140 is a critical step for foreign workers seeking permanent residency in the U.S. and for U.S. employers seeking to hire and retain skilled foreign talent. Here’s why it’s so important:
Learn Form I-140 basics, who files it, how to prepare and submit it, plus key details on fees, processing times, and employment-based green card steps.
Form I-140 is the central immigrant petition for classifying EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 employment-based green card categories. The EB-1 category moves fastest because it skips the PERM process and allows for certain self-petitions.
Form I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker is the name of the document filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in order to petition for employment-based permanent residence (that is, to obtain an employment-based green card for a foreign national).