Each fiscal year, a maximum of 5,000 workers may be granted a special immigrant non-minister religious worker visa. Special religious workers who come to the country just to practise their vocation as ministers are not subject to a cap on their number of admissions. The foreign national must: in order to be recognised as a special immigrant religious worker : 1.have at least two years’ worth of membership in a religious denomination with a legitimate, non-profit religious organisation in the country before submitting a petition to USCIS; 2.In order to work in one of the following jobs full-time and for a salary in the United States, you must:

• • • only in his capacity as a minister of that religion;
    • a career in religion, whether it be in a paid or volunteer role; or
    • a career in religion, whether it be in a professional or volunteer one.

3.one of the following when reporting for duty:

• • • a legitimate American non-profit religious organisation; or
    • a legitimate business that is connected to the American denomination of religion.

4.had at least two years of continuous employment in one of the aforementioned positions after turning 14 in either the United States or overseas before submitting a petition to USCIS. The type of work to be done need not exactly match the previous religious work. If certain requirements are met, an interruption in the work’s continuity during the previous two years will not have an impact.