What types of Employment-based Green Cards are there? There are 5 Employment-based Green Cards,…
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.
Is it possible to remain a permanent resident in the US?
Unless you apply for and complete the naturalization process, lose your status or abandon it, then once you become a Green Card holder you hold the permanent resident status forever.
How many Green Card holders are in the US?
Green card holders are lawful permanent residents of the United States.
There were around 14 million green card holders where 10 million of them were eligible to become a lawful citizen of the US.
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.
There are a few benefits that asylum seekers have in the US.
Asylum seekers are eligible for Social Security Payments, Medicaid, and Food Stamps for the first seven years after being granted asylum, and a number of other benefits and services.
Eligibility can extend beyond the first seven years for many of these programs.
As a Green Card holder you are able to:
sponsor your spouse or unmarried children in order to come to the US,
receive Medicare and social security benefits,
be eligible for federal benefits,
travel outside the United States and serve in the US military.
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 Forms are required for the Family Green Card application?
The required Forms for the Family-based Green Card are:
Family Sponsorship Form (I-130),
Green Card Application Form (I-485),
Online Green Card Application Form (DS-260),
Financial Support Form (I-864),
Work Permit Application Form (I-765) and
Travel Permit Application Form (I-131).
