How many Green Card holders are in the US? Green card holders are lawful…
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.
What types of Green Cards are there?
There are many types of green cards that you can apply for.
The most famous ones can be obtained through:
Family Sponsors,
Job Visas, Diversity Visas (Lottery),
Asylum or Refugee Visas and much more!
Can Asylum seekers change to Permanent Residents in the US?
In order to become a Lawful Permanent Resident in the United States as an Asylee,
you must file the I-485 Form,
which is an Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.
Keep in mind that you can apply if you have been physically present in the US for at least 1 year after being able to seek Asylum there.
Which Green Card Forms are the most important?
The most commonly used Forms, where the petitioners and the beneficiary needs to file are:
Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative);
Form I-730 (Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition),
Form I-589 (Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal) and
Form I-140 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker).
What are the greatest benefits of a Green Card?
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 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).
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.
Who is eligible for the EB-3 Visa?
These Green Cards are available to 3 groups of workers who are very different from one another.
1. Skilled workers, are employees that need to have at least two years of training or work experience, which is not temporary or seasonal. In order to be eligible, they must do the work of qualified workers who are not available in the United States.
2. Professionals, are foreign nationals whose job required a U.S. bachelor degree or a foreign equivalent diploma. They also must work a job that qualified workers in the U.S. are unavailable to do. And
3. Other workers, which is a subcategory for foreign nationals that perform unskilled labor, which requires less than 2 years of training/experience. In all three cases a PERM is required and a waiver of interest in not available!
