AMERICAN IMMIGRATION GREEN CARD INFORMATION

Family Immigration

US citizens may sponsor their spouses, parents, children, brothers, and sisters. Permanent residents may petition for their spouses and children. The sponsored relative becomes eligible to have his or her immigrant visa or Green Card application processed only if the visa petition is approved.

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Employment Immigration

EB-1 Priority Workers consist of persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics; outstanding professors and researchers; and certain multinational executives and managers.

EB-2 includes professionals holding advanced degrees or persons of exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business. Unless waived by the Attorney General, the EB-2 candidate must have a job offer and the employer must obtain certification from the Secretary of Labor that there are insufficient qualified and available U.S. workers for the job offer.

EB-3 includes skilled workers in short supply, professionals holding a bachelor's degree, and other workers. Most EB-3 candidates must have a job offer and the employer must complete the labor certification process.

EB-4 is comprised of religious workers and former employees of the U.S. government and international organizations.

EB-5 - Employment Creation Visa - This category is comprised of investors who will create at least 10 U.S. jobs by investing in a new commercial enterprise benefiting the U.S. economy. The minimum required investment is $1 million, though it may be as little as $500,000 if the investment is in a rural area, or an area of high unemployment. To avoid fraud, investors are accorded only conditional permanent residence status for two years, after which a review of the investment will be undertaken.

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