IMMIGRATION LAW USA Visa and Immigration USA Visa and Immigration

							      IMMIGRATION LAW – USA – Visa and Immigration


      USA Visa and Immigration


A.    Permanent Residence in U.S.


      Unlimited Immigrants              Limited Immigrants




                Family-based           Employment- based             Diversity




Priority workers      Members of         Professional,          Special    Investors
                      Professionals      Skilled and
                                         Unskilled Workers
B.    Applying for Visas
     Priority workers, investors, certain immigrants and diversity immigrants
      -    Petition on their own behalf
     Family –based immigrants
      -    Request the US citizen relative to file a petition (Form I-130) with Bureau
           of Citizenship & Immigration in the Department of Homeland Security
           (BCIS)
     Employment-based immigrants
      -    Petition Form I-140 from BCIS
     Priority Workers
      -    Obtain Certificate from Department of Labour that there are no qualified
           workers available for the proposed employment in US
      -    Petition on their own behalf with BCIS
     Investors
      -   File a Form I-526 petition with BCIS
     Diversity immigrants
      -   File an application with US Department of State
     Special Immigrants, returning Immigrants
      -   Apply to Secretary of State through a US Consular Office abroad