What is a PERM? PERM or Program Electronic Review Management, is a very important…
What is a PERM?
PERM or Program Electronic Review Management, is a very important part of the employment-based Green Card process (especially for EB-2, EB-3 applicants).
PERM is filed not with the USCIS but with DOL (Department of Labor), where they test the labor market to see if there are any U.S. employers willing to sponsor foreign nationals.
Job opportunities through the Green Card?!
If you have received a Green Card then, unlike an immigrant in the United States, you have access to better career opportunities.
The reason for this is that, in order for immigrants to be able to work in the US, they need to be sponsored by the company they want to work for, whereas the holder of a Green Card is considered a legal permanent resident, so they are free to work in almost any company.
Other than that they can start a business and become an entrepreneur if they want to!
How long do I have to wait for an answer from the Embassy for my Green Card?
Even if your interview went well at the embassy and your application gets approved right away, you will not be able to receive the Green Card right away.
The USCIS issues Green Cards through mail, therefore it can take weeks or months after your interview.
But it also depends whether you submitted all the right documentation, how well you answered the interview questions and the type of Green Card you applied for.
To be able to apply for a Green Card in 2022, you must be eligible under one of the many categories as follows:
Family-based Green Card,
Employment-based,
Special Immigrant,
Refugee or Asylum Seeker,
Human Trafficking and Crime Victims,
Victims of Abuse and through Registry.
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.
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.
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.
What is a Marriage Based Green Card?
For an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen, a spouse is qualified to obtain a green card.
A green card is more commonly known as a marriage-based green card for your immigrant spouse and has special immigration priority. What this card grants is permanent residency in the United States to the immigrant spouse, which allows them to legally live, work and study in the United States.
Marriage-based green cards, which the immigrant partner should hold at all times, is valid for a period of ten years.
For the immigrant spouse to maintain his or her legal residency, it must be renewed no less than six months prior to expiration.
