What is the application procedure for an immigrant visa in the United States? What are the categories?

(1) American applicants apply to the US Citizenship and Immigration Service, that is, fill in the application form I- 130 on paper.

② The main applicant in China, that is, the beneficiary, will receive Package No.3 (PKT-3) sent by the National Visa Center after making an appointment. Beneficiaries from China will fill it out and send it to American applicants, together with the financial guarantee I-864 form provided by American applicants and the tax bill for the last three years, and pay an application fee of $380.00 per person.

③ After the visa is scheduled to arrive, the US Visa Center will transfer the documents to the US Consulate General in China for security check.

④ The U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou arranged visa interview time for China beneficiaries and distributed package No.4 (PKT- 4). After completing the form, the beneficiary will go to the consulate for a visa interview at the time specified in the appointment letter in PKT-4, and then know whether the visa is approved.

If the visa is passed, the beneficiary will receive an orange notice of success. Pay the mailing fee at the postal service desk outside the security checkpoint of the consulate. Beneficiaries can choose to collect their visas in person at the post office or mail them to a mailing address in Guangdong Province. Under normal circumstances, you can get a visa within two working days after the interview.

6. If the visa fails, the beneficiary will receive a blue list. You can mail the prepared materials to the consulate. Then wait for the next notice from the consulate.

Visa classification

[US citizen application]

CR 1/CR2: within two years of marriage, American citizens apply for spouses and only children under 18. Fill in the application forms G-325A and I- 130 respectively, and the category of children is CR2. About a year and a half to two years.

IR 1/IR2: After two years of marriage, American citizens apply for spouses and only children under 2 1 year old (children/daughters cannot exceed 18 at the time of marriage). Fill in the application forms G-325A and I- 130 respectively, and the category of children is IR2. About a year and a half to two years.

Ir5:/kloc-American citizens over 0/8 years old apply for their parents to come to the United States. About a year and a half.

F 1: parents of American citizens apply for an only child (unmarried, divorced, widowed, etc.). ) more than 2 1 and its illegitimate child.

F3: Parents of American citizens apply for families with married children, including spouses and only children under 2 1 year old. F3 If there is a principal applicant, the application must be submitted by the principal applicant, with one copy of I- 130 for family use. The timetable is about eight years.

F4: American citizens over 2 1 year old apply for siblings' families, including spouses and single children under 21year old. F4 If there is a principal applicant, the application must be submitted by the principal applicant, and one copy of I- 130 is for family use. The timetable is about eleven years.

[Application for Green Card (Permanent Resident)]

F2A: Apply for a green card for spouse and single children under 2 1. Two people use a file. The timetable is about four years.

F2B: Apply for a green card for their only child over 2 1 year old (unmarried, divorced, widowed, etc.). ) and their illegitimate children. The timetable is about nine years.

Visa to leave the country by immigration as a non-immigrant:

K 1/K2: American citizens apply for their fiancee/husband and their single children under the age of 2 1. After the US Immigration Bureau approved its application, it directly returned the file to the US Consulate General in Guangzhou. PKT-3 and PKT-4 received by the beneficiary were directly issued by Guangzhou Consulate. The cycle is about six months to one year.

K3/K4: the priority category of Cr1/Cr2. American applicants can apply for K3/K4 acceleration after receiving the approval notice of CR 1/CR2. At this time, CR 1/CR2 and K3/K4 are two independent application procedures, which are processed at the same time. K3/K4 lasts about nine months to one year.

V92: political asylum visas, mostly for smuggling, smuggling and escaping family planning. This kind of visa does not need to be scheduled, nor does it need to pay a visa fee.

[Labor migration]

E 1: Professor Sa, an expert in science, education, culture and health.

E2: People with high education.

E3: Many people apply for this kind of food, most of them are chefs, and they lack talents.

EW: General labor force, mostly for aquaculture and aquaculture.

K-3 visa is a new visa established by US Immigration Bureau in 2000 for spouses of American citizens waiting for immigration visas overseas. Its purpose is to let the spouses of American citizens come to the United States as non-immigrants to reunite with their loved ones and wait for a green card in the United States.