Citizenship and US Immigration: Week Four
Citizenship and U.S. Immigration: Week Four
Lecture One: The “Green Card” and a Broken Immigration System
Overview of Legal Immigration • Family-Based Immigration: A US citizen or LPR can sponsor his or her close family members for permanent residence. • Employment-Based Immigration: A US employer can sponsor a foreign national employee for permanent residence. • Refugee or Political Asylum • Diversity Program (50,000 per year through lottery – under-represented countries)
Numeric Limitations • Family-based immigration is limited by statute to 480,000 persons per year (with the exception of “immediate relatives” of US citizens). • Employment-based immigration is limited by statute to 140,000 per year. • What happens when there are more people seeking admission than available admission slots?
U.S. State Department - Visa Bulletin
The Immigration System is Extremely Complicated • This course provides a general summary only. Seek expert advice for specific immigration problems. • Avoid scams • Recommended guide: Ilona Bray, U.S. Immigration Made Easy (Nolo Press) • http://www.nolo.com/products/usimmigration-made-easy-imez.html
Lecture One: The “Green Card” and a Broken Immigration System
Overview of Legal Immigration • Family-Based Immigration: A US citizen or LPR can sponsor his or her close family members for permanent residence. • Employment-Based Immigration: A US employer can sponsor a foreign national employee for permanent residence. • Refugee or Political Asylum • Diversity Program (50,000 per year through lottery – under-represented countries)
Numeric Limitations • Family-based immigration is limited by statute to 480,000 persons per year (with the exception of “immediate relatives” of US citizens). • Employment-based immigration is limited by statute to 140,000 per year. • What happens when there are more people seeking admission than available admission slots?
U.S. State Department - Visa Bulletin
The Immigration System is Extremely Complicated • This course provides a general summary only. Seek expert advice for specific immigration problems. • Avoid scams • Recommended guide: Ilona Bray, U.S. Immigration Made Easy (Nolo Press) • http://www.nolo.com/products/usimmigration-made-easy-imez.html
