How to permanently immigrate to US?

Nov 2
08:29

2016

Nancy Damon

Nancy Damon

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Foreign citizens need to have a permanent residency visa of US to become a US green card holder. Its important for a foreign citizen to be get sponsorship from a US citizen, to become eligible for a green card.

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A person who has gained permanent residency of this country can also sponsor a person for PR in this country. The immigration procedure gets started when the sponsor puts up an application for immigration on the behalf of his employee or relative in the USCIS(U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services).

A US citizen has certain privileges when it comes to sponsoring someone for the permanent residency in this country. He can nominate various kinds of relatives like his spouse,How to permanently immigrate to US?  Articles siblings, children and even parents for PR of this country.

However, a permanent resident of this country can put up a permanent residency petition for his spouse and unmarried children.

The I-130 visa application is required for a family member who wishes to sponsor his family member for US permanent residency.

For a sponsoring employer, the immigration petition is required under the visa class I-140.

If the candidate for the permanent residency has some special skills, he is also authorized to sponsor himself for the permanent residency application.

 The United States government has put limits on the number of permanent residency candidates every year from every country. So, as per limits if the quantity of candidates who have qualified for this visa, is more than the limit for this visa, there is a certain waiting list. As per this list, those candidates are given priority for being issued this visa, those who have filed the visa petitions earlier than the others. So, every candidate for whom a visa petition is filed, is given a priority date, which is the date of his petition filing.

Its important for the candidate whose petition has been approved, by the National Visa Center processing should then hire a US immigration agent so that he is guided about all the details of documentation filing for this visa. This way, he can get his visa approved through correct documentation.

 

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