Brief introduction of American immigrants: According to the website of the US Immigration Service, most of the ways to immigrate to the United States are as follows: through family members; Through work; Through investment; Pass the life bill; Approved by the immigration court; Through political asylum or refugees; Through immigration lottery; Through international adoption; Violence against Women Act; 1972 65438+ 10/illegal immigrants before; Special categories of immigrants and adjustment bills for certain countries, in which special categories mainly refer to Asian and African descendants, widows, children of American citizens and other specific groups. There is no China in specific countries. If your English is good, you can go to the following American immigration website: www.uscis.gov. So, if you have an immediate family member in the United States and he is an American citizen, you can ask him to apply to the US Immigration Service. If you are the spouse of your parents' children, it will be faster, and if you are a child under 2 1, it will be faster. Otherwise, brothers and sisters, immigrants line up 10 years. If you have no immediate family members in the United States and are rich, you can invest and immigrate to the United States, but it is said that it will cost millions of dollars. If you find an American employer who is willing to help you apply for a visa, your employer should apply to the Immigration Bureau. Or you can apply for a work visa first and then think about countermeasures later. If there is nothing, the best way is to get married and come to America. The quickest way. Or, you can apply for studying abroad first, but you have to take tofel, and if you are a graduate student, you have to take GMAT or GRE. If the school accepts you, you can apply for a student visa, and then come and slowly try to change your work visa or get a green card by marrying a citizen. Basically, if you don't fit into any category, you are just a student. I'm sorry to say that it is less likely to apply for immigration to the United States directly. Common immigration methods are: professional immigration: applying for professional immigration in the United States requires four steps: obtaining employment from American employers, applying for work permits, applying for immigration offices, and applying for foreign visas. Apply for a work permit from the U.S. Department of Labor: The full name of the labor certificate is "foreigner employment certificate", which is a certificate issued by the Department of Labor to the Immigration Bureau, confirming that if the applicant works permanently in the United States, it will not take away the job opportunities of American workers. Work permits are divided into temporary work permits and permanent work permits. Generally speaking, work permit refers to permanent work permit, which is an application made by the employer to the Ministry of Labor in advance to support its employees to apply for professional immigration. Similar to the work permit, there are "certificate of health institution" and "application form of labor situation", both of which are applications or reports from the employer to the Ministry of Labor. Formally apply for immigration to the Immigration Bureau. If the work permit is approved, the employer can apply to the Immigration Bureau for professional immigration. Whether the Immigration Bureau approves or not is the final decision, which is more important than the approval of the work permit. However, in practice, the approval of the work permit may exceed the approval of the Immigration Bureau, because under normal circumstances, the Immigration Bureau approves all applications that have been approved by the Ministry of Labor. Investment immigration: Investment immigration refers to people who have certain assets and have a certain degree of industrial and commercial operation or management experience, and obtain permanent residency in foreign countries through investment. Applicants can invest in investment funds or suitable commercial projects approved by the government of the target country. Such applicants must be willing to invest their funds in the target immigrant countries, so as to promote the economic development of the target immigrant countries, increase employment opportunities and enrich cultural life. Generally speaking, the application for investment immigration in relevant countries should be handled according to the following procedures: (1) Understand the conditions for investment immigration. That is, to understand the specific regulations of immigrant receiving countries to accept investment immigrants, such as the investment amount is generally above $6,543,800, and some are as high as $6,543,800. After a clear understanding, it is convenient to make a choice according to your actual economic strength, and at the same time choose a professional company recognized by the Ministry of Public Security to support and solve the docking problem of different financial systems and business environments; (2) Obtaining documents and information about investment immigrants. Applicants can obtain it from the exit-entry administration authorities through their relatives and friends abroad, or directly from the embassies (consulates) of relevant countries in China; (3) Prepare documents and materials for investment immigration. These materials generally include the applicant's identity certificate, nationality certificate, property certificate, health certificate and certificate of no criminal punishment. , and they all need to be notarized by the notary office and certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; (4) Submit the documents and materials and the completed forms to the embassies (consulates) of relevant countries for examination and approval; (five) the relevant national embassies (consulates) in China to review the applicant's documents and materials, and report to the country for approval; (6) After reviewing the materials, the immigration authorities of the destination country decide whether to accept the applicant's application, and inform the embassy (consulate) in China and the applicant of the results; (7) After receiving the approval notice, the applicant can apply for a passport and visa and embark on the road of investment immigration. Specifically speaking, American investment immigrants generally refer to EB-5 visa programs, which mainly include two types: 1: investment 1 10,000 US dollars, employing 10 people in the United States, starting a company for 2 years, holding a temporary restricted green card during 2 years, and investing 500,000 US dollars after 2 years (first approved and then invested). The difference from $6,543,800,000 lies in the environment of the investment area (written reports provided by the Department of Homeland Security are required, such as the unemployment rate is higher than the national average and the economy is underdeveloped), so in fact, if the investment is higher than $500,000, you can get a temporary restricted green card for two years. Although EB-5 investment immigrants have been adjusted many times since the establishment of the policy of 1993, the current minimum investment has been reduced to 500,000 US dollars. However, no matter from the investment agreement or the actual operation, it is difficult to guarantee that 500,000 US dollars is risk-free, especially in the current global economic crisis. The policy of investing in a permanent green card only after two years of examination and approval has brought more uncertainty and financial risks. At the same time, in the sensational investment incident of the Philadelphia Parliament Building last year, more than 65,438+050 China investors were still turned away after each invested all 500,000 US dollars, which fully demonstrated the uncertainty they still have to bear even if they invest in government projects, and the actual attitude of the US government towards this policy. Therefore, generally speaking, among China immigrants to the United States, few people take the road of investment immigration. Mainly because of its high threshold. If you plan to immigrate to the United States, you can consult a local investment immigration lawyer with good reputation when doing business in the United States. If the whole thing is done, it will cost hundreds of thousands, and basically all the money will not be collected. Because you need to hire 10 Americans to run it for several years. Even ten workers earn hundreds of thousands a year, and they have to rent a place, find an accountant, find a lawyer, various daily expenses, taxes and so on. Most people who take the road of investment immigration go to Canada. You only need to lend the Canadian government 500,000 Canadian dollars, which is interest-free for five years, or you can go directly to the Bank of Canada and ask the bank to lend you 500,000 Canadian dollars, so you can pay the interest for these five years. Relatives immigrants:1* * are divided into four categories: spouses of American citizens and unmarried children under 2/kloc-0 (one to two years); American green card spouse and unmarried children under 2 1 year old; Married adult children of American citizens; Brothers and sisters of American citizens. The above four categories, except the first category, all need to be booked. The expenses are some official expenses, but the shortest time is 5-6 years. Classification of American immigrants: (1) Family members of American citizens without quota restrictions:1; Spouses and minor single children of American citizens (2 1 under) 2; 2/kloc-parents of American citizens who have returned to the United States over 0/year old:1; Legal permanent residents who have lived in the United States, travel abroad and want to return to the United States for more than one year; 2. Immigrants subject to quota restrictions: after passing the application, family-based immigrants (226 places per year, 000): 1, first priority (FB 1) quota: 23,400 unmarried adult children of American citizens and their minor children (2 1 under) 2, second priority (FB2) quota:114200. Adult married children of American citizens and their spouses and minor children. Fourth priority (FB4). Quota: 65,000+siblings of American citizens and their spouses and minor children not used in FB 1, FB2, FB3 ☆ Employment immigrants (annual quota140,000):1,priority labor (EB- 1): priority labor (quota 28. Description: No need to be employed by the company. No work card is needed. Conditions: Applicants should present at least three of the following certificates: they have won internationally recognized awards, such as Nobel Prize and Emmy Award, and are members of international academic institutions. The criteria for the accreditation of members of this academic institution are that they must have outstanding achievements, have published articles introducing their achievements, and have evaluated other people's papers for some academic institutions. The finished products are certain science. The main contributor to important discoveries in the art field has published many important papers, completed many successful works, presided over or managed well-known institutions or companies, and won high salaries. The second category: outstanding professors and researchers. Note: the application needs to be submitted by an employed American company without a labor card. Three years of experience. Requirements: Applicants must present at least two of the following certificates: they have won internationally recognized awards; He is a member of an international academic institution. The criteria for this academic institution to recognize membership are: members must have outstanding achievements; He published an article introducing his work; It is a jury member or leading cadre of some academic institutions; He is the main author of some important scientific research; He published articles and papers. The third kind of works and books: internationally transferred to our managers or executives. At the time of application, you must have at least one year of manager experience within three years, and you don't need a work card. You usually enter the United States with an L visa first. Then convert it into a green card. 2. Professionals (EB-2): advanced degree professionals (28.6%+ unused in EB 1) Category I: exceptional aliens from all walks of life, such as science, literature and art, education, commerce and sports (Note: applications must be submitted by employed American companies. Need a work permit. Conditions: It is necessary to prove that the applicant's special skills will benefit the United States. Category II: Professionals with advanced degrees or equivalent. Note: it needs to be applied by the employed American company, and a labor card is required. Requirements: master's degree, or bachelor's degree plus five years of work 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 employees: skilled workers with college education or above: unskilled workers with at least two years' experience: (up to 65,438+00,000 per year. Investor (EB-5): (7. 1%) You need to invest more than 500,000 to 1 000,000 in the United States, set up a new company, and employ ten American citizens or permanent residents ☆ Diversified immigrants (the annual quota is about 55,000, depending on the situation):1. Caption: The United States provides low-income immigrants every year. 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 (there is no upper limit, and the annual quota is 65,438+000,000): within 65,438+09,865,438+0 years, any foreigner in a country other than his own country (or already in the United States) will be granted asylum and/or refugee status through the refugee law, because of his race, religion, nationality and nationality. 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. If you meet the requirements, your application for political asylum will be approved unless USCIS proves that your domestic conditions have been fully improved. 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. 0/80 days after application, if you haven't received any notice, you can apply for a work permit (EAD) first. (2) Immigration quota Immigration quota refers to the number of immigrants who enter the United States every year according to the US 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.
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