Who can Apply for Asylum? If you are at a port of entry or in…

Who can Apply for Asylum?

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.

How to get a Green Card in the US without marriage?

There are multiple ways to get a Green Card without having to marry anyone. If you have been residing in the U.S. as an asylee or refugee for the last year, you might be able to apply for a U.S. green card. If you already have either a T or U non-immigrant visa, you may also be eligible to apply for a green card.

What age can you apply for green card?

There are many different Green Cards, therefore the age eligibility is also different. For unmarried adults, who have at least one US citizen parent, they must be 21 years of age or older. F2A applicants (spouses and unmarried children of a green card holder), the children must be younger than the age of 21 and F2B applicants (unmarried children of a green card holder), should be older than the age of 21.

Who is eligible for the EB-5 Visa?

This type of Employment Visa is available to foreign nationals who will improve the U.S. economy by investing half a million dollars to 1 million in unemployed areas. Also, they must create at least 10 job positions in a U.S company where the employments are legal residents.

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.

How much does a Marriage Green Card Cost?

First, the I-130 filing fee of around $500, after that you must pay the I-485 filing fee, which varies depending on your age but for most applicants it is about $1,200. Remember that you only need to pay for this form if you are changing your status from a nonimmigrant status. As for the applicants that are not under a nonimmigrant status, consular processing will be required. Which includes the DS-260 application online, which is around $200. Last but not least, you need to submit an Affidavit of Support, which costs only if you are in the U.S.

Questions asked in the Employment-based Green Card Interview!

In an Employment-Based Green Card Interview you will be asked multiple questions regarding your background. In more detail you will be asked about who you are going to work with, your educational background, the salary and duties of your job which need to be written in the I-140 petition and your biographical information provided by you in your application.

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!