Green Card Travel Advantages! Compared to having a temporary visa or a student visa,…

Green Card Travel Advantages!

Compared to having a temporary visa or a student visa, one of the best benefits of having a Green Card is that it makes traveling in and out of the United States so much easier. Keep in mind, all Green Card holders are required to be admitted by US immigration services because the card is a symbol of their permanent legal status in the country and if you do not renew it before it expires you will not be able to travel.

What requirements does Asylum have in the US?

There are two basic requirements for asylum. The first one is that applicants for asylum must prove that they risk persecution in their home country. And second, applicants must prove that they will be persecuted for at least one of five protected reasons: race, faith, ethnicity, political opinion, or social group in particular.

Which Forms should a Petitioner file for your Green Card?

When applying for a Green Card, in most cases applicants need someone else in the United States to file a petition for them and complete a few Forms. The most common Forms 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). Other Forms which are less common are: Form I-918 (Petition of U Nonimmigrant Status); Form I-929 (Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U-1 Nonimmigrant); Form I-360 (Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant) and Form I-526 (Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur).

Who is eligible for the EB-2 Visa?

There are two groups eligible for this type of Green Card. 1. Foreign nationals holding an advanced degree or its equivalent, in order to receive the Green Card must apply for a job in the U.S. which requires the advanced degree together with five years of experience and progressive work on the field. And 2. Foreign nationals with exceptional abilities, must demonstrate a ‘’degree of expertise significantly above that ordinarily encountered’’ in the business, sciences, arts, or medicine. For both categories, a PERM is required, but in some cases, if petitioners work in the U.S. would greatly benefit the U.S., they may request to withdraw this requirement and instead sign the National Interest Waiver.

How to Get a Family Green Card?

This type of Green Card must be sponsored by a green card holder or U.S. citizen. To be able to sponsor the green card both the petitioner and the beneficiary must prove their familial relationship to proceed. The petitioner has to: file an I-130 Form, submit the I-864 Form and submit biographic proof. As for the beneficiary, they have to: file an I-485 Form if they are in the U.S. physically while on a valid visa, take the consular processing if they are not physically present in the U.S., also submit biographical info and complete the medical examinations. After all these steps are approved, the beneficiary will have to attend the interview, where a final decision will be made after!

How many Employment-based Green Cards are issued per year?

The quota for employment-based immigrants is 140,000 per year. This means, every year there are almost twice as many applications being sent for this type of Green Card.

How does Green Card Lottery work?

To summarize the procedure there are five steps: 1. Applicants apply; 2. Applicants are selected at random using a computer; 3. The selected applicants are then screened through an interview process; 4. Those that pass the screening process are awarded immigrant visas and 5. Upon entry into the U.S., they are awarded their green card.

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!