Before applying for immigration to the United States, we must first have a general understanding of the immigration methods in the United States, know roughly what the basic types of American immigrants are, and form a general outline in our minds, which will help us choose the most suitable immigration methods.
What we usually call American immigrants is to get a green card in the United States. The concept of a green card is to obtain permanent residency in the United States. Once you get a green card, you can work and live anywhere in America. After getting a green card for five years, you can be sworn in as an American citizen. If you don't want to be naturalized, there is no legal requirement for green card holders in the United States, which means that we usually say that there is no immigration director in the United States, and you only need to land in the United States once every six months (except Guam).
Relatives immigrants account for the vast majority of all immigrants. If you have eligible relatives in the United States who are citizens or green card holders, they can submit an application to the immigration office to confirm your relationship, so you can get a green card.
Relatives who can apply for a green card include spouses, parents, children, brothers and sisters of American citizens, spouses and unmarried children of green card holders. Although the amount of relative migration is large and looks simple, there is a huge drawback that the scheduling period is too long, ranging from 6- 12 years.
Professional immigrants, immigrate to the United States through working relationships. It is divided into EB- 1, EB-2, EB-3, EB-4 and EB-5.
EB- 1 is divided into three categories: immigrants with special skills (mainly in the fields of science, art, education, commerce and sports); Outstanding professors and researchers emigrated; Directors and managers of multinational companies immigrate.
EB-2 is mainly for immigrants with high academic qualifications and immigrants with outstanding skills in the fields of art, science and commerce.
EB-3 is mainly aimed at immigrants of professionals, skilled workers or other unskilled workers.
EB-4 is a special kind of professional immigrant, including religious people, employees of embassies and consulates outside the United States, and retirees from international organizations.
EB-5 is an investment immigrant. It is an immigrant visa for business investors who invest 1 10,000 or 500,000 US dollars in the United States and create at least 10 jobs in the United States.
A great phenomenon brought about by the improvement of national economic level is that more and more people plan to invest overseas and then immigrate smoothly. Among them, investment immigration is one of the most popular immigration methods, and its greatest advantage is that it can get a green card in the United States in the shortest time, which meets the requirements of a large number of China people.
In addition, there are asylum/refugee immigrants and special types of immigrants. Let's get a general idea:
Asylum/refugee immigrants refer to people who are persecuted or afraid of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, special social organization or political position, and can apply for immigration to the United States within one year after obtaining asylum/refugee status.
Special types of immigrants refer to the types of immigrants who meet the special conditions stipulated by law, including: children of American citizens in five Asian countries, American Indians born in Canada, members of the US military, Cuban nationals, green card lottery, Haitian refugees, parole adjustment bill in three Asian countries, informants, former Russian paroled immigrants, legal immigrant family balance bill, children of diplomatic envoys, registered immigrants, diplomats, special minors, criminal victims and victims of human trafficking.
These two types of immigrants are extremely special circumstances, and ordinary people cannot apply. Therefore, those who want to apply for immigration to the United States must fully grasp the application priority of relatives and professional immigrants in order to realize their wishes.