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Special immigrants receive 7.1 percent of the yearly worldwide limit. Thirteen subgroups qualify as special immigrants, the most notable of which is the religious worker special immigrant. Other special immigrants include certain juveniles and battered spouses, certain overseas employees or retirees of the U.S. government, certain members of the U.S. armed forces, certain current and former employees of the Panama Canal Company, retired employees of international organizations, and certain dependents of international organization employees.

The religious worker category receives 5,000 of the allotted special immigrant visas. Religious workers are those who will work for a religious denomination that has a bona fide nonprofit religious organization in the United States and who are coming to work as ministers of religion, to work in a professional capacity in a religious vocation, or to work in a religious occupation. The worker must have been a member of this religious denomination and must have worked for the denomination for at least two years before applying for admission to, or adjustment of status in, the United States.