Family members of American citizens:
1. Spouses and minor single children of American citizens (2 1 under)
2.2/kloc-parents of American citizens over 0/year old
Residents returning to the United States:
1, a legal permanent resident who once lived in the United States, visited a foreign country and returned to the United States more than a year later.
2. Immigrants subject to quota restrictions: After the application is qualified, they still need to wait for the schedule according to the availability of places.
☆ Family-based migration (226,000 places per year):
1, the first priority (FB 1)
Number of places: 23400
Unmarried adult children of American citizens and their minor children (2 1 under)
2. Second Priority (FB2)
Quota:114200+FB1
(2a) (77%): spouses of permanent residents and unmarried minor children (2 1 under).
(2b) (23%): Unmarried adult children of permanent residents (2 1 year or older)
3. Third Priority (FB3)
Line: FB 1, unused 23400+ in FB2.
Adult married children of American citizens, and their spouses and minor children.
4. Fourth priority (FB4)
Quota: 65000+ in FB 1, FB2 and FB3 is not used.
Brothers and sisters of American citizens and their spouses and minor children.
☆ Employment immigrants (annual quota140,000);
1, priority workers (EB- 1): priority workers (quota 28.6%)
The first category: outstanding talents in science, literature, education, business and sports.
Description: You don't need to be employed by the company, and you don't need a work card.
Conditions: The applicant must produce at least three of the following certificates.
Internationally recognized awards, such as Nobel Prize and Emmy Award.
To become a member of an international academic institution, the recognition standard of membership is that members must have outstanding achievements.
Others have published articles introducing their achievements.
Evaluate other people's papers and finished products for some academic institutions.
A person who has made great contributions to important discoveries in some scientific and artistic fields.
He has published many important papers and completed many successful works.
Preside over or manage famous institutions or companies with high salaries.
The second category: outstanding professors and researchers.
Note: the application must be submitted by the employed American company, without a labor card, and requires three years of work experience.
Conditions: Applicants must produce at least two certificates.
Win an internationally recognized award.
To become a member of an international academic institution, the recognition standard of membership is that members must have outstanding achievements.
Others have published articles introducing their work.
As a jury member or leading cadre of some academic institutions.
As the main author of some important scientific research.
He has published articles, papers, books and books.
The third category: managers or senior executives are transferred to us internationally.
At least one year manager qualification is required within three years of application, and no work card is required.
Usually enter the United States with an L visa and then convert it into a green card.
2. Professionals (EB-2): advanced degree professionals (quota 28.6%+ unused in EB 1).
The first category: outstanding talents from science, literature, education, business and sports.
Note: the application must be made by the employed American company and a work card is required.
Conditions: It is necessary to prove that the applicant's special skills will be beneficial to the United States.
Category II: Professionals with advanced degrees or equivalent.
Note: the application must be made by the employed American company and a work card is required.
Requirements: Master's or Bachelor's degree plus five years' working experience.
3. Professional employees, skilled and unskilled workers (EB-3): professional, skilled and unskilled workers with bachelor's degrees (quota 28.6%+ unused in EB 1, EB2).
Professional staff: Bachelor degree or above is required.
Skilled worker: At least two years working experience.
Unskilled workers: (up to 10000 people per year)
Note: a work card is required.
4. Special immigrants (EB-4): (quota 7. 1%)
For example, those who work overseas in the United States, religious people
5. Investor (EB-5): (7. 1%)
You need to invest more than 500,000 to/kloc-0,000,000 in the United States, set up a new company, and employ ten American citizens or permanent residents.
☆ Diversity immigration (about 55,000 places per year, depending on the situation):
1, Description: Every year, the United States provides some quotas to people from countries with low immigration, so as to balance races and draw lots to decide.
2. Conditions: High school education or above is required, and the application will be mailed in a certain envelope within the specified time. Each person is limited to one application, and those who exceed it will be disqualified.
3. Remarks: No charge is required. People born in Chinese mainland cannot apply. Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan can.
☆ Asylum and refugees (unlimited quota, annual quota100000);
In 198 1, through the refugee law, asylum and/or refugee status will be granted to any foreigner in a country other than his own (or already in the United States), and this person is persecuted or has good reason to fear persecution because of race, religion, nationality, membership of social groups or different political opinions, thus making him unable or unwilling to return to his own country.
The difference between refugees and political asylum: they belong to the same category. The most important difference is that refugees must apply abroad, while political asylum can be applied in the United States.
You usually need to apply within one year of your arrival in the United States, unless you can prove that special reasons prevent you from applying within one year.
If you have been in the United States for more than one year, please consult the relevant institutions.
You must provide sufficient evidence to prove that you are persecuted or afraid of persecution because of your race, religion, nationality, membership of social groups or political views.
Political asylum allows you to have temporary detention and work, seek political asylum in the United States, and seek relevant status for his or her spouse and children.
After 180 days of application, if you still haven't received any notice, you can apply for a work permit (EAD) first.
(2) Immigration quota
Immigration quota is the number of immigrants who enter the United States every year according to American immigration law. Restricted by quotas, quotas are a very important consideration for those who want to immigrate to the United States. There is no quota for any immigration application, and even if the application is approved, it cannot immediately immigrate or become a permanent resident, and its waiting time depends on the length of the quota deadline. In a sense, the waiting period is too long. For example, the waiting period of quotas for brothers and sisters of American citizens and unskilled workers generally exceeds 65,438+00 years, and even if the immigration application is approved, it is almost nominal. According to the regulations, when the quota expires, the relationship between applicants and the reasons for applying must remain the same as when applying. If there are changes, especially major changes, the beneficiaries of the application still cannot get a green card.
Because the allocation of quotas does not depend on the number of applicants, and some countries have restrictions, different categories will have different waiting periods, and the same category may have different waiting periods in different countries. Therefore, if the applicants still have a choice in categories, they should weigh the advantages and disadvantages of specific categories after knowing the waiting period of each quota, and finally make a choice. There are many types of Canadian immigrants, and the conditions for Canadian immigrants are relatively relaxed. At present, Canadian immigrants can be divided into eight categories: Quebec investment immigrants, federal skilled immigrants, entrepreneurs immigrants, immigrants nominated by the Canadian provincial government, self-employed immigrants, and relatives/family reunion immigrants. There are two ways for Canadian immigrants: they can be sent directly to the federal government, or they can be sent to the Quebec government first and then transferred to the federal government.
Quebec investment immigrants
Applicants must have practical business or senior administrative experience, and their total personal assets are not less than 800,000 Canadian dollars (about 4.96 million yuan). The applicant must invest in an investment fund recognized by Canada for a period of five years with an amount of US$ 400,000. Or through the company investment bank loan, the applicant only pays the loan interest.
(b) Federal skilled migration
The new case scoring will be launched on June 65438+10/October 65438 +0, 2002. Scores can be obtained from age, education, work experience, language ability, spouse education, adaptability and other items.
(3) Entrepreneur migration
Applicants must have business experience, sufficient funds and the ability to start a business or acquire a ready-made enterprise in Canada. This is a "conditional visa".
(4) immigrants nominated by the Canadian provincial government
Individual provincial governments nominate immigrants, technology or enterprises, and the conditions are low. The applicant has business experience and ability to participate in some Canadian enterprises, invest or join as a shareholder. Applicants must go to the designated province for investigation and interview.
(5) Self-employed immigrants
The applicant has the ability to start his own business, promote Canada's economic development or enhance the national cultural and artistic life, with an asset value of about 200,000 Canadian dollars. This category is suitable for some cultural or artistic professionals to apply and must be evaluated by scoring method.
(6) Immigrants reunited by relatives/families.
The applicant must have a letter of guarantee signed by a relative legally residing in Canada and countersigned by the Canadian Immigration Department to support his application. Including spouses, parents, children, etc. Apply by residents or citizens. You only need to provide proof of income to support your relatives, and the conditions are very relaxed.
(7) Refugees
This category usually applies to Canada. Australia's current immigration law divides immigrants into three categories: family reunion immigrants, business/skilled immigrants and humanitarian immigrants.
(1) Family migration
1, spouse of Australian citizens and permanent residents;
2. Australian citizens, permanent resident parents who have reached retirement age (65 for men and 60 for women), and parents whose children have mostly settled in Australia.
3./kloc-underage children under 0/8 years old and unmarried children under 2 1 year old who depend on their parents;
4. The fiance and fiancee of Australian citizens and permanent residents;
(2) Business/skilled migration
1, independent technology
2. Technology-guaranteed by Australia (the applicant has a relative guarantee in Australia)
3. Technology-sponsorship in remote areas (sponsored by the applicant's relatives outside Sydney, Australia, etc.). )
4. Employer nomination (sponsored by an employer who is qualified to nominate in Australia)
5. Outstanding talents (sports, art, science and technology talents with special talents and contributions)
6. Entrepreneur (one or more business owners or shareholders)
7. Senior managers (senior managers of large enterprises)
8. Senior directors supported by the state/region government (one or more business owners or shareholders supported by business development institutions authorized by the state/region government)
9. Senior managers supported by state/regional governments (senior managers of large enterprises supported by business development agencies authorized by state/regional governments)
10, related investment (a. Investment in government bonds, starting from A $750,000; B. Doing business in Australia)
(3) Humanitarian migrants
That is, refugee immigrants, this category is a permanent category of people accepted by the Australian government according to the norms of international refugee conventions. 1, New Zealand skilled immigrants:
The scoring system is adopted to evaluate applicants according to their academic qualifications, work experience and age.
2. New Zealand investment immigrants:
According to the investment funds, business experience, educational background and age, the applicant is evaluated by using the scoring system.
3. Create New Zealand industrial immigrants:
Use commercial methods to evaluate applicants according to their work experience, investment, age and other factors.
4. New Zealand family immigrants:
Applicable to people who have a real and stable marriage relationship with New Zealand citizens or residents. Or the applicant's immediate family members are New Zealand citizens or New Zealand permanent citizens.
5. Humanitarian immigrants in New Zealand:
Applicable to applicants who can get the support of New Zealand citizens or immediate family members; The applicant's condition is causing him serious physical and mental harm and so on.
No matter which immigration method you apply for in New Zealand, the applicant and his accompanying applicant must be in good health. This is to ensure that: the applicant will not cause harm to public health; Will not become the burden of health service institutions; Suitable for beginners. The main applicant for skilled migration to New Zealand must meet the requirements of English language proficiency. If the accompanying family members who apply for skilled immigrants in New Zealand can't meet the English requirements when the application is approved, they must book language courses. This requirement also applies to the main applicants who apply for investment immigration in New Zealand. For the applicants of general skilled immigrants and investment immigrants, the Immigration and Taxation Bureau charges each applicant a tax of 180 NZD, with a maximum of NZD 720. The resettlement information fee for the main applicant and individual applicant of visa application is 90 New Zealand dollars. This fee applies to all visa applicants, including families and humanitarian immigrants.