What type of Green Card should you apply for? There are many types of…
What type of Green Card should you apply for?
There are many types of Green Cards, so you should be very careful when choosing them. The type of Green Card should be chosen on the basis of who can sponsor your stay. If your spouse is an American resident, then apply for a Green Card Marriage, if you have a close family member, then a Family-based Visa is the right one for you, if you want to move to America through work, then you have the Green Card Employment Visa available, and if none of that applies to you, then you can apply for Asylum!
Can a green card holder sponsor a friend?
Unfortunately, only family members can sign the petition for the immigrant Visa or Green Card.
What you can do, though is file an I-864 (Affidavit of Support) form, which is a way to fund your friend’s immigration petition.
EB-1 or Employment-Based Extraordinary Ability Green Card (First Preference) is a type of employment-based permanent residency Visa which includes foreign nationals with outstanding abilities, extraordinary professors/researchers, or multinational managers/entrepreneurs.
Who can Apply for Asylum?
If you are at a port of entry or in the United States, you may request asylum.
Regardless of your immigration status, and within one year of your arrival in the United States, you can apply for asylum.
Which Forms should a Petitioner file for your Green Card?
When applying for a Green Card, in most cases applicants need someone else in the United States to file a petition for them and complete a few Forms.
The most common Forms are:
Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative);
Form I-730 (Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition),
Form I-589 (Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal)
and Form I-140 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker).
Other Forms which are less common are: Form I-918 (Petition of U Nonimmigrant Status); Form I-929 (Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U-1 Nonimmigrant); Form I-360 (Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant) and Form I-526 (Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur).
6 benefits of the GREEN CARD!
1. You would able to sponsor immediate relatives;
2. Attend university with lower tuition fees;
3. Contribute to campaigns in politics;
4. Travel easier in and out of the United States;
5. Qualify for social security benefits and
6. Better Options for Employment.
How to Get a Family Green Card?
This type of Green Card must be sponsored by a green card holder or U.S. citizen.
To be able to sponsor the green card both the petitioner and the beneficiary must prove their familial relationship to proceed.
The petitioner has to:
file an I-130 Form,
submit the I-864 Form and submit biographic proof.
As for the beneficiary, they have to: file an I-485 Form if they are in the U.S. physically while on a valid visa, take the consular processing if they are not physically present in the U.S., also submit biographical info and complete the medical examinations.
After all these steps are approved, the beneficiary will have to attend the interview, where a final decision will be made after!
The next step after winning the GREEN CARD Lottery?
You’ll have to file an immigrant visa application after winning the lottery.
Only if you meet the criteria for a green card will your application be accepted.
In order for your application not to get rejected make sure you meet the educational or work experience requirements.
