Individuals who live abroad have two primary means of immigrating to the United States: family based immigration and employment based immigration. In order to immigrate through a family member, one must have a qualifying relationship with a U.S. citizen or permanent resident parent, spouse, child, or sibling. Parents of U.S. citizens, spouses of U.S. citizens and children of U.S. citizens under 21 are considered immediate relatives and may immigrate immediately into the United States. Adult children of U.S. citizens, spouses and unmarried children of permanent residents and siblings of U.S. citizens are considered preference relatives but must wait in line until their turn. In order to know when these individuals may immigrate to the United States, simply look at the most recent visa bulletin issued by the Department of State.
No other qualifying relationships exist. If you do not have family member in one of these categories who is a United States citizen or legal permanent resident, your other option would be to through employment. There are multiple types of individuals who may immigrate through employment. Examples of such individuals are as follows: immigrants of extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, international managers and executives, workers with advanced degrees or exceptional abilities in the sciences arts or business, skilled workers and professionals, certain religious workers, certain immigrants who have obtained special visas such as U and T visas and special immigrant juveniles, and other individuals who invest substantial sums of money into the U.S. economy.
Finally, there are humanitarian means of immigrating into the United States, such as certain individuals who qualify for refugee or asylee status, or certain other individuals who are in removal proceedings, have good moral character, have resided in the United States for more than ten years and whose removal would result in extremely unusual hardship to their qualifying U.S. citizen relatives.
Navigating through these categories and determining which category you might potentially qualify for can be a daunting task. Fortunately, Louisiana green card attorneys at Liberty Law Group have substantial experience assisting their clients with this process and are available for a consultation, free of charge, in order to assist you.
No other qualifying relationships exist. If you do not have family member in one of these categories who is a United States citizen or legal permanent resident, your other option would be to through employment. There are multiple types of individuals who may immigrate through employment. Examples of such individuals are as follows: immigrants of extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, international managers and executives, workers with advanced degrees or exceptional abilities in the sciences arts or business, skilled workers and professionals, certain religious workers, certain immigrants who have obtained special visas such as U and T visas and special immigrant juveniles, and other individuals who invest substantial sums of money into the U.S. economy.
Finally, there are humanitarian means of immigrating into the United States, such as certain individuals who qualify for refugee or asylee status, or certain other individuals who are in removal proceedings, have good moral character, have resided in the United States for more than ten years and whose removal would result in extremely unusual hardship to their qualifying U.S. citizen relatives.
Navigating through these categories and determining which category you might potentially qualify for can be a daunting task. Fortunately, Louisiana green card attorneys at Liberty Law Group have substantial experience assisting their clients with this process and are available for a consultation, free of charge, in order to assist you.