Benefits of a Green Card for family members! It gives you the opportunity to…
Benefits of a Green Card for family members!
It gives you the opportunity to sponsor your immediate family members and give them the right to stay with you in the United States if you hold a US Green Card.
Remember, “Immediate family members” are identified as unmarried children under 21 years of age, parents, and spouses by US Immigration.
So if you want to sponsor an extended family member then, that is also possible!
Where do most asylum applicants come from?
In the past years just five countries accounted for more than two thirds of all refugees:
Syria,
Venezuela,
Afghanistan,
South Sudan and
Myanmar.
Syria has been the country of origin for most refugees, there were more than 6million Syrian refugees hosted by 126 countries worldwide during these past years.
There are two groups eligible for this type of Green Card.
1. Foreign nationals holding an advanced degree or its equivalent, in order to receive the Green Card must apply for a job in the U.S. which requires the advanced degree together with five years of experience and progressive work on the field. And
2. Foreign nationals with exceptional abilities, must demonstrate a ‘’degree of expertise significantly above that ordinarily encountered’’ in the business, sciences, arts, or medicine. For both categories, a PERM is required, but in some cases, if petitioners work in the U.S. would greatly benefit the U.S., they may request to withdraw this requirement and instead sign the National Interest Waiver.
How do green card holders become citizens?
By naturalization, a lawful permanent resident (green card holder) may become a U.S. citizen.
A permanent resident must be at least 18 years old in order to be eligible.
Even if married to a U.S. citizen, the green card holder must have been a permanent resident for at least five years, or three years in the United States.
What Happens After the Green Card Interview?
If your Green Card Interview went well then the next step is to wait for the officer’s decision.
Waiting for the answer depends on the type of Visa and what was discussed in the interview so it depends, but sometimes you can get the answer right after the interview and sometimes you might have to wait a few weeks or months before a decision is made.
Make sure you provide all the documentation you need at the interview to make the waiting process shorter.
What types of Employment-based Green Cards are there?
There are 5 Employment-based Green Cards, starting with:
EB-1, which includes multinational managers/executives,
foreign nationals with outstanding skills or extraordinary researchers/professors;
EB-2, which includes foreign nationals that have an advanced degree or its equivalent;
EB-3, professionals or skilled workers;
EB-4, special immigrants and EB-5, which includes immigrant entrepreneur who want to invest.
What Documents Do YOU Need for a Marriage Green Card?
The documents needed for the Marriage Green Card vary from case to case but overall these documents are required:
a birth certificate,
marriage certificate,
financial proof,
proof of sponsor’s U.S. citizenship or permanent residence,
medical examinations,
current or expired U.S. visas,
prison/court/police records (if needed),
police clearance certificate (if needed),
prior marriage termination papers (if needed) and proof of lawful U.S. entry and status (also if needed).
How are Green Cards through Lottery selected?
A computer algorithm randomly selects the winners of the Diversity Visa lottery, with a certain number of visas allocated to each region of the world and no country obtains more than 7% of the available Diversity Visas throughout the year.
