The Immigration Act of 1990 (IMMACT90) altered traditional employment-based immigration to the U.S. Effective Oct. 1, 1991, the former third and sixth preferences were eliminated and replaced by five categories: (1) First Preference-Priority workers (persons of extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and multinational executives and managers); (2) Second Preference-Members of the professions holding advanced degrees or persons of exceptional ability; (3) Third Preference-Professionals, skilled and other workers; (4) Fourth Preference-Special immigrants (religious workers, court dependents, returning residents and others); (5) Fifth Preference-Persons who invest significant funds in the U.S. and create (or maintain in certain circumstances) 10 jobs for U.S. workers.
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