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How many Green Cards are distributed every year?

About 1 million individuals get green cards per year to reside in the United States. The annual quota is around 220,000 for family-based immigrants. For employment-based immigrants, 140,000 and for the visa lottery, 50,000. Over 4 million people are currently waiting in line for green cards due to these annual quotas and the 7 percent per country cap. However, there is no quota for immediate relatives of U.S. citizens which include parents, spouses and children.