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A permanent resident card, commonly called the Green Card, is issued to foreign nationals who are granted permanent resident status in the U.S. and are allowed to legally live and work here. One can get a Green Card through employment, family relationship, investment, refugee or asylee status or through the Green Card lottery. Family-Based Green […]

As of January 2019, the USCIS processing time for Form I-130 range between 5 months and 10 years. Processing time will vary based on the immigration status of the petitioner, the petition type and the service center. Only U.S Citizens or Green card holders may file Form I-130 with the USCIS to petition a relative.

Las personas que han presentado formularios de inmigración y naturalización ante los Servicios de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de los EE.UU. (USCIS) pueden realizar un seguimiento del progreso de sus solicitudes. Pueden recibir actualizaciones sobre sus casos por correo electrónico o por teléfono. También hay un sistema en línea que permite a los solicitantes verificar el

Adjustment of status is the process through which beneficiaries of immigrant petitions can get green cards while in the U.S. They can get green cards while in the U.S. on a nonimmigrant visa without having to return to their home countries to complete visa processing, provided they have an approved immigrant petition. The Form I-485,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) uses Form I-797 to communicate with its customers who apply for immigration benefits. There are seven different types of Form I-797. USCIS uses one of the seven different types of forms to communicate with its customers or to provide an immigration benefit. Following are the purposes that the seven different

U.S. citizens and green card holders file Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, to establish qualifying family relationship with certain family members who wish to immigrate to the U.S. What happens after Form I-130 is approved will depend on the family relationship the immigrant visa applicant has with the sponsoring U.S. citizen or green card

The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is often simply called the Diversity Visa Lottery or DV Lottery. President George H. W. Bush signed it into law in 1990 as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Through the program, each year, the U.S. Department of State issues up to 50,000 immigrant

Si tiene una tarjeta verde de los EE. UU., tiene derecho a vivir y trabajar permanentemente en los EE.UU. De hecho, disfruta de muchos de los beneficios de vivir en el país y  disfruta de todos los derechos y privilegios de ser un inmigrante de los EE. UU. Sin embargo, hay algunos derechos que están

El gobierno de los Estados Unidos permite la doble ciudadanía. Si su país de origen le permite mantener una segunda ciudadanía, es posible que pueda conservar su ciudadanía original mientras disfruta de todos los privilegios de la ciudadanía estadounidense. La ventaja de la doble ciudadanía es que no tiene que renunciar a los lazos con

The form filing fee for Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative is $535. This form is filed by U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents for their alien relatives who wish to immigrate to the U.S. The I-130 immigrant petition is used to establish the existence of a qualifying family relationship between the petitioning U.S. citizen