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Green Card Eligibility Categories
We give you a free simple quiz to check your eligibility status before you purchase our filing packages. Just answer a few simple questions to see if you meet the eligibility requirements of the immigration benefit for which you would like to apply.
Family
We give you a free simple quiz to check your eligibility status before you purchase our filing packages. Just answer a few simple questions to see if you meet the eligibility requirements of the immigration benefit for which you would like to apply.
If you are an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen, you can become a lawful permanent resident (get a Green Card) based on your family relationship if you meet certain eligibility requirements.
You are an immediate relative if you are:
- The spouse of a U.S. citizen;
- The unmarried child under 21 years of age of a U.S. citizen; or
- The parent of a U.S. citizen (if the U.S. citizen is 21 years of age or older).
U.S. immigration law allows certain noncitizens who are family members of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to become lawful permanent residents (get a Green Card) based on specific family relationships. If you are the spouse, minor child or parent of a U.S. citizen, please see the Green Card for Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizen page for information on how to apply for a Green Card.
Other family members eligible to apply for a Green Card are described in the following family “preference immigrant” categories:
- First preference (F1) – unmarried sons and daughters (21 years of age and older) of U.S. citizens;
- Second preference (F2A) – spouses and children (unmarried and under 21 years of age) of lawful permanent residents;
- Second preference (F2B) – unmarried sons and daughters (21 years of age and older) of lawful permanent residents;
- Third preference (F3) – married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens; and
- Fourth preference (F4) – brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens (if the U.S. citizen is 21 years of age and older).
U.S. immigration law allows a U.S. citizen to petition for a alien fiancé(e) to obtain a K-1 nonimmigrant visa to travel to the United States and seek admission. Within 90 days after being admitted as a K-1 nonimmigrant, the alien must enter into a bona fide marriage with the U.S. citizen who filed the Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e), on his or her behalf. For more information, see Fiancé(e) Visas.
After being admitted to the United States as a K-1 nonimmigrant and marrying the U.S. citizen petitioner within 90 days, the alien spouse can then apply for lawful permanent resident status in the United States (get a Green Card).
Widows or widowers who were married to U.S. citizens at the time of the citizen’s death may apply for a Green Card.
Until Oct. 28, 2009, you had to have been married to the deceased citizen for at least two years at the time of the deceased citizen’s death, in order to immigrate as the widow(er) of a citizen. Congress removed this requirement, effective Oct. 28, 2009.
To immigrate as the widow(er) of a citizen, you must prove that you were legally married to the citizen, and that you entered the marriage in good faith, and not solely to obtain an immigration benefit.
Under the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), you may be eligible to become a lawful permanent resident (get a Green Card) if you are the victim of battery or extreme cruelty committed by:
- A U.S. citizen spouse or former spouse;
- A U.S. citizen parent;
- A U.S. citizen son or daughter;
- A lawful permanent resident (LPR) spouse or former spouse; or
- An LPR parent.
You may self-petition under VAWA by filing a Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant (Form I-360) without your abusive family member’s knowledge or consent. A person who files a VAWA self-petition is generally known as a VAWA self-petitioner. If your self-petition is approved and you meet other eligibility requirements, you may be eligible to apply to become a lawful permanent resident. For more information, see Battered Spouse, Children & Parents and VAWA Questions and Answers.
Employment
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U.S. immigration law provides aliens with a variety of ways to become lawful permanent residents (get a Green Card) through employment in the United States. These employment-based (EB) “preference immigrant” categories include:
- First preference (EB-1) – priority workers
- Aliens with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics;
- Outstanding professors and researchers; or
- Certain multinational managers and executives.
- Second preference (EB-2) – aliens who are members of the professions holding advanced degrees or who have exceptional ability (including requests for national interest waivers).
- Third preference (EB-3) – skilled workers, professionals, or other workers.
The second-preference employment category (EB-2) allows individuals of exceptional ability and individuals who are members of the professions holding advanced degrees to get a Green Card (permanent residence).
For EB-2s a job offer and a labor certification is generally required. This requirement can be waived if the petitioner demonstrates that granting the EB-2 petition would be in the national interest of the United States.
One reason USCIS may grant the national interest waiver is because a physician agrees to work for a period of time in a designated underserved area
U.S. immigration law allows certain noncitizens who are employment-based immigrants to become lawful permanent residents (get a Green Card). One employment-based (EB) “preference immigrant” category includes noncitizens who have invested or are actively in the process of investing $1,050,000 (or $800,000 in a targeted employment area or infrastructure project) in a new commercial enterprise that will benefit the U.S. economy and create at least 10 full-time positions for qualifying employees. These noncitizens are also called “EB-5 immigrant investors” because they are in the employment-based fifth preference visa category. See the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program for more information about this visa category.
Special Immigrant
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Congress amended the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) in 1990 to create a special immigrant status for ministers and non-ministers in religious vocations and occupations.
The Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification provides certain children who have been subject to state juvenile court proceedings related to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or a similar basis under state law the ability to seek lawful permanent residence in the United States. USCIS determines if a juvenile meets the requirements for SIJ classification by adjudicating a Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant. For more information on the SIJ classification, see USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part J – Special Immigrant Juveniles.
Noncitizens (and their spouses and children) who are coming to work in the United States as a broadcaster for United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), or for a grantee of the USAGM, may apply for a Green Card (permanent residence). The term “broadcaster” may include a reporter, writer, translator, editor, producer, announcer, news broadcast host, news analysis, editorial and other broadcasting features, or a news analysis specialist. The term broadcaster does not include noncitizens performing purely technical or support services or working in the entertainment field.
There is an annual limit of 100 visas per year in this category. Spouses and children are not counted towards this limit.
There is a provision of immigration law that allows certain long-term international organization employees and their eligible family members to apply for special immigrant status and become permanent residents of the U.S. (get a Green Card) as long as their organization remains recognized.
By statute (INA 101(a)(27)(L)), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a recognized international organization. Other organizations include the:
- Organization of American States (OAS);
- Inter-American Defense Board (IADB);
- Inter-American Defense College (IADC);
- International Monetary Fund (IMF);
- World Bank;
- International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT); and
- International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO).
Refugee or Asylee Status
We give you a free simple quiz to check your eligibility status before you purchase our filing packages. Just answer a few simple questions to see if you meet the eligibility requirements of the immigration benefit for which you would like to apply.
U.S. immigration law allows asylees to apply for lawful permanent resident (LPR) status after they have been physically present in the U.S. for at least one year since being granted asylum.
U.S. immigration law requires refugees to apply for lawful permanent resident (LPR) status after they have been physically present in the U.S. for at least one year.
Human Trafficking and Crime Victims
We give you a free simple quiz to check your eligibility status before you purchase our filing packages. Just answer a few simple questions to see if you meet the eligibility requirements of the immigration benefit for which you would like to apply.
If you have T nonimmigrant status, you may be eligible to become a lawful permanent resident (obtain a Green Card) if you meet all the requirements.
T nonimmigrant status (also known as the T visa) provides immigration benefits to certain victims who assist law enforcement in the investigation or prosecution of human trafficking cases. For information on how to apply for T nonimmigrant status, see Victims of Human Trafficking: T Nonimmigrant Status.
U.S. immigration law allows noncitizens who have been victims of certain crimes and granted U nonimmigrant status (U visa) to become lawful permanent residents (get a Green Card). To qualify for a Green Card as a crime victim, you must have U nonimmigrant status and meet certain eligibility requirements. U-1 nonimmigrant status is for victims of certain crimes who have suffered substantial physical or mental abuse and are helpful to the investigation or prosecution of the criminal activity.
Qualifying family members of U-1 nonimmigrants may receive U-2 (spouse), U-3 (child), U-4 (parent), or U-5 (sibling) nonimmigrant status. For more information about U visas, see Victims of Criminal Activity: U Nonimmigrant Status.
What We Will Do For You
Our highly professional staff will work closely with you to obtain the information needed to accurately complete your immigration documents. Our immigration service simplifies the process of filing out U.S. immigration application helping to reduce errors that can cause rejection. You can file USCIS forms yourself but failure rate is extremely high. The USCIS rejects millions of forms yearly and can even create long-term immigration problems.
