GREEN CARDS

Employment Green Cards
The employment-based immigration categories are commonly referred to as EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3.  EB-1 includes workers of extraordinary ability; outstanding professors and researchers; and multinational executives and managers. EB-2 is for members of the professions with advanced degrees or of exceptional ability.  EB-3 is for professionals, skilled workers, and other workers. [ LEARN MORE ]

Family Green Cards
A very common method of obtaining permanent residence is through a family member who is a US citizen or permanent resident.  The key fact in any family case is determining whether a qualifying family relationship exists.  Qualifying relationships are grouped into two main categories, immediate relatives and other close family members.  [ LEARN MORE ]

Some Other Ways to a Green Card
Investor Visa: The EB-5 immigrant visa category is for those seeking to enter to engage in a commercial enterprise that will benefit the US economy and create at least 10 full-time jobs.  The basic amount required to invest is $1 million, although that amount may be $500,000 if the investment is made in a “targeted employment area.”

Religious “special immigrants” include ministers of religions; professionals working in religious vocations or occupations; and other workers in religious vocations or occupations.  These individuals must work for U.S. nonprofit, religious organizations or at nonprofit, religious organizations affiliated with qualified religious denominations.

Diversity Visa (Lottery):  The visa lottery makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the simple, but strict, eligibility requirements.  Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing. The visas, however, are distributed among six geographic regions with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration, and with no visas going to citizens of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. in the past five years.

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