EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa
E333104
U.S. immigrant visa category
employment-based immigrant visa
fourth preference employment-based immigrant visa
The EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa is a U.S. employment-based green card category reserved for certain special classes of immigrants, such as religious workers, certain employees of U.S. foreign service posts, and other designated groups.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EB-4 | 1 |
| EB-4 immigrant visa category | 1 |
| EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3173837 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa Context triple: [Immigration Act of 1990, createdVisaCategory, EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa]
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A.
U visa
The U visa is a U.S. nonimmigrant visa that provides temporary legal status and work authorization to certain noncitizen victims of serious crimes who assist law enforcement in investigating or prosecuting those crimes.
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B.
T visa
The T visa is a U.S. nonimmigrant visa that allows certain victims of severe human trafficking to remain in the United States and access protection and services while assisting law enforcement.
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C.
Special Agricultural Worker program
The Special Agricultural Worker program was a U.S. immigration initiative that granted legal status to certain undocumented farmworkers who met specific agricultural employment requirements.
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D.
I-485
I-485 is the beltway interstate highway that loops around the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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E.
I-140
I-140 is a designation used for auxiliary Interstate Highways in the United States, typically serving as bypasses or connectors around urban areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa Target entity description: The EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa is a U.S. employment-based green card category reserved for certain special classes of immigrants, such as religious workers, certain employees of U.S. foreign service posts, and other designated groups.
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A.
U visa
The U visa is a U.S. nonimmigrant visa that provides temporary legal status and work authorization to certain noncitizen victims of serious crimes who assist law enforcement in investigating or prosecuting those crimes.
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B.
T visa
The T visa is a U.S. nonimmigrant visa that allows certain victims of severe human trafficking to remain in the United States and access protection and services while assisting law enforcement.
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C.
Special Agricultural Worker program
The Special Agricultural Worker program was a U.S. immigration initiative that granted legal status to certain undocumented farmworkers who met specific agricultural employment requirements.
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D.
I-485
I-485 is the beltway interstate highway that loops around the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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E.
I-140
I-140 is a designation used for auxiliary Interstate Highways in the United States, typically serving as bypasses or connectors around urban areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. immigrant visa category
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employment-based immigrant visa ⓘ fourth preference employment-based immigrant visa ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
ⓘ
United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of State
|
| alsoKnownAs |
EB-4 visa
ⓘ
special immigrant visa category ⓘ |
| applicantMayBe |
inside the United States
ⓘ
outside the United States ⓘ |
| benefitType |
green card
ⓘ
immigrant visa ⓘ |
| categoryCode | EB-4 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| eligibleGroup |
certain Afghan nationals who worked for or on behalf of the U.S. government
ⓘ
certain Iraqi nationals who worked for or on behalf of the U.S. government ⓘ certain broadcasters ⓘ certain employees of U.S. foreign service posts ⓘ certain employees of the Panama Canal Zone ⓘ certain members of the U.S. armed forces ⓘ certain physicians ⓘ certain religious ministers ⓘ certain retired employees of international organizations ⓘ juveniles who are dependents of a juvenile court and cannot reunify with one or both parents ⓘ religious workers ⓘ special immigrants ⓘ |
| employmentBased | true ⓘ |
| employmentOfferRequired | varies by subcategory ⓘ |
| immigrantVisaNumberRequired | true ⓘ |
| intendedFor | certain special classes of immigrants ⓘ |
| laborCertificationRequired | false ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. employment-based immigration system
ⓘ
U.S. green card categories ⓘ |
| petitionFiledWith | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ |
| preferenceCategory | fourth preference ⓘ |
| preferenceCategoryNumber | 4 ⓘ |
| priorityDateSystemUsed | yes ⓘ |
| processType |
adjustment of status
ⓘ
consular processing ⓘ |
| provides | lawful permanent residence ⓘ |
| requires | eligibility as a special immigrant under statutory criteria ⓘ |
| requiresPetitionForm | Form I-360 ⓘ |
| resultsIn | permanent resident status ⓘ |
| subjectToAnnualCap | true ⓘ |
| visaBulletinCategory |
EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
EB-4
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa Description of subject: The EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa is a U.S. employment-based green card category reserved for certain special classes of immigrants, such as religious workers, certain employees of U.S. foreign service posts, and other designated groups.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
EB-3 skilled workers, professionals, and other workers immigrant visa
→
distinguishedFrom
→
EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa
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this entity surface form:
EB-4 immigrant visa category
EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa
→
visaBulletinCategory
→
EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
EB-4