After living legally in the United States for five or seven years, you can apply for a green card to immigrate to the United States.
The United States does not have a policy similar to "you can apply for a green card after living for X years";
Some countries' immigration policies include "you can apply for a green card/permanent residence after living for X years", but the time spent studying abroad is not counted;
The immigration policies of a few countries allow "you can apply for a green card/permanent residence after living for X years" and include the time of studying abroad.
If you are willing to immigrate, please study the immigration policies of various countries in detail or seek professional help.
American green card holders who have lived in the United States for five years can apply for American citizenship.
Myth 2: I am studying in the United States, and skilled immigrants can apply for a green card.
American immigration policy does have corresponding regulations for people with special skills or outstanding talents, but it applies to 99.9% of international students.
The immigration of excellent talents requires at least the level of a senior professor, and your research field is useful to the United States. It is impossible for a young international student to immigrate to the United States in this way, even if he has never published a paper at most. Of course, if you are awesome, you can do an experiment at school and win the Nobel Prize unexpectedly.
Skilled immigrants with special talents also include senior accountants and architects who have made outstanding achievements in literature, art or sports; Other talents, such as working ability, reach the CEO level of multinational work.
Myth 3: You can immigrate if you buy a house in America.
That's impossible.
Investment immigration is indeed a form of immigration, but the project you invest in must create a certain number of jobs for the United States, and real estate is not one of them.
Myth 4: Nothing. I can still rely on luck. Isn't there a lucky draw every year?
In order to maintain social diversity, the US government draws lots to select 50,000 people to issue green cards to the US every year. Most of them don't live in the United States, and only a few people live in the United States legally for the time being. You can also draw lots.
Note that the immigration lottery is to balance the diversity of American society. Therefore, some countries, such as China, Indian and Mexican, have entered the United States in large numbers, so the residents of these countries are not included in the lottery. However, both Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province are listed.
Myth 5: Immigration applications can last forever.
Different immigration methods will have different policies and implementation methods, but they all have a * * * nature, that is, if you fail to apply for immigration, subsequent applications will be more difficult to pass.
Some immigration methods, such as political asylum, are one-off. If the application fails, you may never have the opportunity to apply for immigration to the United States again in your life, or even you may not be able to re-enter the United States.