Green Card
Green Card for Work in Categories EB 1, EB2 and EB3:
In these cases, it is necessary for a company or institution in the United States to sponsor the foreign employee before the immigration authorities:
a) Through the EB-1 visa for teachers and researchers of extraordinary capacity and managers or executives of multinationals.
b) By EB-2 for graduates with at least five years of work experience or exceptional ability in Art, Business or Science.
c) Through EB-3 for graduates, workers with professional training that requires at least two years of practical studies or work experience and also for workers without any type of professional training but who carry out work that is not temporary and for which there are no workers available in the country.
Green Card by Category of Special Immigrants:
In this way, US institutions and companies can sponsor the following categories of workers through an EB-4:
a) Priests, nuns, religious ministers who have been as such for at least two years.
b) Journalists, reporters, writers, translators, producers, and similar workers who work for the BBG.
c) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
d) Workers of international organizations.
e) Afghan and Iraqi translators.
f) Iraqis who have helped the United States in some way.
g) Employees of the Panama Canal Zone.
h) Retired NATO workers or, if deceased, their widowers and children.
i) Doctors
Green Card for Cubans:
Cubans can obtain the Green Card in all the forms admitted for other nationals, but in addition and by application of the Cuban Adjustment Law, they can request the Green Card after one year in the United States. Since the dry feet policy, wet feet was ended, it is essential that the entry had been made legally. In other words, because the immigration control allowed him to enter as admitted or received a Parole.
Green Card for Asylees:
People who were granted asylum can apply for a green card.
Green Card for refugees:
Refugees and Asylees are very similar, but there are important differences between the two.
Green Card for victims of violence:
Foreign victims of violence who have previously been approved for a U visa can benefit from this option. Being a victim of violence does not entitle you, by that mere fact, to obtain a U visa.
Green Card for victims of domestic violence:
The VAWA program paves the way for the Green Card for spouses of citizens or permanent residents who have suffered domestic violence.
Green card for victims of human trafficking:
In order to apply for the residence card, the T visa must be previously approved.
Green Card for living in the United States for a long time:
For living continuously in the US since January 1, 1972 or before and being able to prove it. It is what is called residence by the Registry.
Green Card for being special juvenile immigrants:
When you are under the age of 21, you are single whom the United States government has placed you in the custody of a guardian or institution because they have been abused by one or both of their parents. This group of boys is known as Special Immigrant Juveniles or SIJs
Green Card by court order of a judge in Immigration Court:
In cases where an immigration judge can rule that the alien can stay because she does not qualify for removal or because she has obtained a form of relief that allows her to adjust her status and thus obtain a green card.
Luckily Green Card through the lottery:
When you win one of the 50,000 immigrant visas that are drawn each fiscal year in the diversity lottery. Participating in this raffle is free and registration opens in October, remaining open for a month, and the raffle taking place the following year in spring.
Green Card for investment that creates jobs:
Investing an amount of money stipulated in USCIS can obtain the EB-5 visa. A direct investment is allowed by creating a company or an indirect one, with various modalities being possible.
Green Card for self-sponsorship:
Petition for oneself without having a green card sponsor using an EB-1 visa in the case of professionals with extraordinary ability in Art, Science, Sports, Education, or Business.
Green Card for marriage to an American citizen:
Marriage to an American citizen is one of the most common and fastest ways to obtain permanent residence. However, just getting married does not mean that residency is obtained automatically, but rather that the citizen spouse must apply for it. In addition, the presentation of the petition does not mean that it can always be removed. Permanent residence by marriage is both in cases of heterosexual marriages and those formed by two people of the same sex.
Green Card for father or mother of citizen:
The children of citizens must be 21 years of age to apply for the green card for either of their parents. It should be noted that being a father does not give immigration rights.
Green Card for the child of a citizen who is single and over 21:
It is what is known as an F1. The delays in these procedures are between 6 and 20 years, depending on the case, and can be verified in the visa bulletins.
Green card requested by a citizen for unmarried children under 21 years of age:
These cases apply to biological or adopted children and also to the stepson of an American citizen
Green Card for stepchildren of deceased citizens:
Stepchildren of deceased citizens must meet several requirements, including being single and 21 years old.
Green Card for father or mother of citizen:
The children of citizens must be 21 years of age to apply for the Green Card for either of their parents. Simply being the father or mother of a citizen child does not give immigration rights.
Green Card for widowers of citizens:
Widowers of US citizens can apply, in certain cases, for the Green Card for themselves.
Green card for a married son of a citizen, regardless of age:
It is called category F3, it tends to take many years, even decades, being a long wait in the case of some countries in Latin America and another in Europe.
Green Card for siblings of citizens:
Known as category F4, it is among those with the longest delay. Only citizens over 21 can petition their siblings.
Green Card for the spouse of permanent resident:
These applications are known as category F2A, they are very similar to those that citizens can present.
Green Card for unmarried children of permanent residents:
In this case, there are two situations: for those under 21 years of age, which is known as category F2A, and for those over that age, which are F2B. In no case can residents ask for their married children.