Who knows the latest immigration policy in the United States?

The United States attracts more than 6.5438 million immigrants from all over the world every year and has always been regarded as an immigrant country. American immigrant visa types are divided into:

1, American relative immigrants (IR 1, F 1, F2A, F2B, F3, F4)

2. Immigration of spouses of American citizens (CR 1)

3. American citizens who have lived in China for a long time apply for China spouse immigration (CR 1).

4. American Unmarried Couple Visa (K 1)

5. The application of American talents to professional immigration, including the green card for managers of multinational companies to go to the United States (EB- 1).

6. American professional immigrants (employers apply for work permits) (E3)

7, the United States unskilled labor migration (EW)

8. American investment immigrants (EB-5)

9. Other non-immigrant visas (B 1/B2, H 1, L 1, F 1)

According to US 200 1 Immigration Act, all foreign immigrants with legal residency can apply for American citizenship, but they must meet certain conditions before they are allowed. Naturalization mainly meets the following conditions:

1. You must live in the United States continuously for five years after obtaining permanent residency. This is the minimum residence period for naturalization. Within five years, you can't leave the United States for more than six months in a row. If it is more than half a year, you must provide proof that you have no intention of giving up the right of abode in the United States. Therefore, it is necessary to extend the naturalization application time accordingly and recalculate the residence time in the United States. Before applying for naturalization to the US Immigration Service, you must live in the United States for at least 3 years, at least half a legal period.

2. A foreign citizen who marries an American citizen must remain married for two years before both husband and wife can apply for naturalization to the Immigration Bureau. The new immigration law stipulates that foreign citizens who are married to American citizens or permanent residents should apply for naturalization as soon as possible as long as they meet the conditions for applying for American citizenship, so as to become American citizens as soon as possible and enjoy all the rights as American citizens. But the prerequisite must be a marriage relationship that lasts for more than two years.

3. When applying for naturalization, you must live in the United States for the last six months of five consecutive years and live in the local state or city for at least six months.

4. Applicants for naturalization must be at least 18 years old. Foreigners under the age of 16 who have permanent residency in the United States, whose parents have acquired American citizenship, can automatically acquire American citizenship with their parents. However, children aged between 16 and 18 must apply for naturalization independently. If the child is under the age of 18, and one parent is an American citizen and the other parent is a foreigner, before the child reaches the age of 18, the parent with American citizenship can apply for naturalization on his behalf.

You must have basic English reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. Applicants for naturalization should have a certain degree of English knowledge and a certain degree of English ability. When examining the eligibility for naturalization, immigration officials will conduct an oral test, and the naturalization applicant will answer the knowledge about American history and the American government in English. In this way, we can examine the practical English expression ability of naturalization applicants. This kind of test questions is printed and sold by the American government. If the applicant fails to pass the first oral exam, the applicant is allowed to take two make-up exams within one year. If the applicant is over 50 years old and has lived in the United States for more than 20 years, he can be exempted from taking the English test and can use his own language instead. The immigration law also exempts applicants over 55 who have obtained permanent residency in the United States for more than 15 years and is replaced by their mother tongue.

You must behave well during your five years in America. According to American immigration law, adultery, prostitution or bigamy, or failure to support others, as well as alcoholism and drug abuse, are all bad behaviors and cannot be naturalized.

7, must have a certain understanding of American history and constitution, immigration law. It is mainly about the understanding of important events, figures, government agencies and rights in American history, as well as the understanding of the principles and important amendments of the American Constitution.

8. Applicants for citizenship must give up their original nationality. If they still want to keep their original nationality, they cannot become American citizens.

In February last year, 65,438, the US House of Representatives voted to pass the new immigration bill submitted by James Sensenbrenner, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a Republican. This version of the bill is very harsh. The harsh bill of the House of Representatives forced 500,000 people to protest on a large scale, and a tug-of-war to support and oppose the harsh immigration bill has become fierce in the United States. On March 27th, local time in Washington, DC, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a relatively loose immigration reform bill. Analysts believe that this year is a crucial moment for the mid-term elections in the United States. The House of Representatives passed this bill to prove to the public that it is tough on immigration issues, but the operation of the bill is extremely poor, and it is not easy for the Senate and the House of Representatives to reach an agreement. It remains to be seen whether the current Congress can pass the illegal immigration bill.

According to the survey, in 2009, there was an immigration boom in China to apply for a US green card through investment. According to data released by China's official media, the number of wealthy people in China who applied for American investment immigration visas in 2009 almost doubled compared with the same period last year. According to industry analysis, 20 10 American investment immigrants will continue to heat up. A few days ago, Mickey Rowley, Secretary of Commerce of Pennsylvania, came to Shanghai to talk about EB-5 investment projects. Rowley said that Pennsylvania was one of the earliest states to implement EB-5 project, and many successful investment projects have been launched since 2003.

The reporter learned that the expansion project of the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia can be described as a success. With the support of EB-5 investment project, the convention center will expand by more than 60% and become the largest exhibition venue in the northeast of the United States. The expansion project needs 700 million dollars, of which 6,543.8+0 billion dollars comes from the loan of EB-5 project. It is reported that all the 200 investors in this project have completed the investment process, of which 147 is China investor.

According to statistics, Pennsylvania has successfully operated more than 30 projects, attracting more than 500 million dollars of investment. At present, two EB-5 projects in Pennsylvania have expired, namely, the Navy Wharf Project and the 18 10 Restaurant Project. In June 5438+February 2009 and June 5438 +20651October 438+00, all investors in these two projects have successfully recovered all their investments and obtained permanent residency in the United States. Now Pennsylvania has once again launched the latest EB-5 project, the Pennsylvania Waterworks AquaPA.

When considering the return on investment, the Pennsylvania Department of Commerce said that the first consideration is the safety of the project and the feasibility of economic development projects to create employment opportunities. At present, there are nearly 1 000 investors in the EB-5 project of China Minsheng Investment in Pennsylvania, which indirectly creates nearly 1 000 jobs.

It is reported that the investment threshold of EB-5 projects is generally set at $654.38+$00,000. If the investment target is located in a low-employment area that meets the national statistics, this investment threshold can be reduced to 500,000 US dollars. Foreign immigrants who apply for naturalization can get a conditional green card for two years as long as they invest 654.38+0 million or 500 thousand dollars in enterprises in the United States. 90 days before the expiration of the two-year period, if the investment behavior and created employment opportunities still exist, investment immigrants can apply to cancel the conditions and become permanent residents.

According to the latest statistics of US Immigration Bureau from June 5438+00 to September 2009, EB-5 applicants from Chinese mainland have far surpassed those from South Korea. The number of applicants in Chinese mainland is 1.795, and the number of applicants in Taiwan Province Province of China is 1.42, ranking first in the US Immigration Bureau.