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Green
Cards
The Immigration and Nationality Act allows U.S. Citizens
or Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders)
to sponsor the immigration of foreigners to the United States
based upon family relationships (i.e. family-based immigration
or "FB"). USCIS will issue a visa after they approve
a petition filed by an "immiedate relative". After
the petition is approved the visa may be issued in as little
as 90 days or sometimes after several years depending upon
which of the below categories apply and and how long a backlog
may be for any applicable faqmily preference category.
However, not all family relationships serve as a basis to
apply for Lawful Permanent Resident status.
For more information about Family-Based
Immigration please click here.
Many foreign nationals come to the U.S. on a tempoary basis
with no intent to remain permanently. Some are brought by
companies for a specific job task by employers seeking to
fill specific needs. Others come for pleasure or educational
opportunities.
Temporary visitors are issued nonimmigrant visas typically
within weeks of the application, unlike permanent resident
visa applications that could take years. The visas are valid
for a certain period of time as determined by USCIS or the
U.S. Embassy. Some of the nonimmigrant visas can allow a person
to live and reside in the United States for a lengthy or indefinte
period of time.
Whenever an alien applies for a nonimmigrant visa at an Embassy
or in the United States with Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services there is always a rebuttal presumption that the alien
has intent to immigrate permanently to the United States.
If the Consular Post or the USCIS believes that the alien
has an intent to immigrate to the United States permanently,
they will often not issue a nonimmigrant visa.
For more information about Employment-Based
Immigration please click here.
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