Immigrants - referred to as Legal Permanent Residents (LPR's) or commonly called "green card" holders immigrant status gained through family relationship or employment have the right to live permanently and work in the U.S.
Categories - Family Based or Employment Based Family Based : Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens - includes spouses, children and parents, and certain widows and their children - NO NUMERICAL LIMIT Family sponsored - 4 Preference Categories First preference: unmarried sons and daughters of LPR's Second preference: Third preference: Married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens Fourth preference: Brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens
Employment Based: EB-1: Priority Workers Aliens with "extraordinary ability" in the sciences, arts, education business and athletics; or "outstanding" professors and researchers; or executives and managers of multinational corporations who meet specific requirements
EB-2: Members of the professions holding advanced degrees and persons with exceptional ability in sciences, arts & business EB-3: Skilled Workers - Entry level professionals & unskilled workers EB-4: Special Immigrants - religious workers, certain medical doctors & other specific categories EB-5: "Employment creation" immigrants (investors)
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