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What are the steps to becoming a Green Card holder (permanent resident)?

A Green Card holder (permanent resident) is someone who has been granted authorization to live and work in the United States on a permanent basis. As proof of that status, a person is granted a permanent resident card, commonly called a "Green Card." You can become a permanent resident several different ways.
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Employment-based Immigration:

Family-based Immigration:

  • First preference (EB-1 visa)
  • Second preference (EB-2 visa)
  • Third preference (EB-3 visa)
  • Fourth preference (EB-4 visa)
  • Fifth preference (EB-5 visa)

  • Spouse
  • Unmarried Children under 21 years old
  • Unmarried children over 21 years old
  • Married children of any age
  • Siblings, if the sponsor is at least 21 years old, or Parent, if the Sponsor is at least 21 years old.​​

​Asylum-based Immigration:

Investment-based Immigration:

If you have been admitted to the U.S. as a refugee/asylee or as a spouse of an asylee, you may file for permanent residency (Green Card) one (1) year after the entry to the U.S.
Entrepreneurs, their spouses and their unmarried children under 21 are eligible to apply while making an investment in a commercial enterprise in the U.S., and planning to create or preserve at least ten (10) permanent full-time jobs for the U.S. workers, subject to further eligibility requirements.

​Lottery-based Immigration:

VAWA-based Immigration / other Special Categories:

The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program makes up to 50,000 available annually, drawn from random selection of individual from the qualifying countries.
As a battered spouse, parent or a child, you may file an immigrant visa petition Form I-360 complying with the certain eligibility requirem

 
​For more information, please contact us to discuss your requirements for a U.S. Green Card. 

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    • Bankruptcy Law >
      • Chapter 7
      • Chapter 11
      • Chapter 12
      • Chapter 13
      • Loan Modification
      • Creditor Representation
      • Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors (“ABCs”)
    • Tax Law >
      • Tax Audits
      • Tax Fraud & Tax Evasion
      • Tax Preparer Penalties
      • Offer-in-Compromise (“OIC”)
      • Florida Sales Tax Problems
      • Offshore Bank Account (“OVDI”)
      • Innocent Spouse Defense
      • Installment Payment Agreement
      • Individual & Business Tax Preparation
    • Business & Commercial Law >
      • Business Formation
      • Business Transactions
      • Work-outs & Restructuring
      • Franchise Law
      • Not for Profit
      • Buying or Selling a Small Business in Miami
    • Real Estate Law >
      • Real Estate Transactions
      • Foreclosure Defense
      • Short Sales
      • Loan Modification
      • Tenant Landlord Disputes
      • Homeowner’s Association
    • Immigration Law >
      • U.S. Greencards
      • U.S. Visas
      • Citizenship
      • Investor Visas
      • Adjustment of Status
      • Labor Certification
  • PROFESSIONALS
    • Paula Gonzalez
    • Aramis Hernandez, Esq.
    • Greg Rice Jacobs, Esq.
    • Anna Zhuromskaya, Esq.
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