Do I need a green card to buy a house in America?

There is no necessary relationship between buying a house in the United States and not getting a green card. A green card is a permanent residence permit for foreign citizens, but having a green card does not mean becoming an American citizen, and it also requires a process of "naturalization".

You can apply for an unconditional green card if you invest 500,000 US dollars in real estate in the United States and create a project, as long as you have produced more than 10 employees specified by the government and have been operating normally for more than 2 years. But this has nothing to do with buying real estate directly in the United States. There is no law in the United States that you can immigrate by buying real estate. At the same time, immigrating to the United States has several advantages. First, for the sake of children's education, immigrating to the United States will give you completely free treatment from primary school to middle school, and the cost of university is about one-third of that of studying abroad at your own expense. In addition, you can also travel to countries above 120 without a visa with the US "green card", and you can travel freely with relevant documents. Besides, houses in America are really cheap at present. If you are willing to invest overseas, you can now consider going to the United States for bargain hunting.

Nowadays, many people who buy houses in the United States are interested in permanent property rights, reasonable prices and high loans, but the investment in real estate projects has nothing to do with immigration. The EB-5 investment immigration act of the United States has its clear political and economic purpose, that is, to improve the economy and create jobs; However, buying a house is just an ordinary consumer's personal consumption behavior, and it can't establish any connection with the key information of immigrants, such as creating jobs. Therefore, the idea of realizing immigration through buying a house lacks legal basis and naturally does not hold water.

There are generally two ways to apply for a green card in the United States: one is to immigrate through work, and the other is to immigrate through kinship. According to categories, there are three types of employment-oriented immigrants: 1) excellent talents; 2) People with high education; 3) professionals. These three types of certification need to meet special conditions, so I won't go into details here. Relatives' migration is mainly a requirement for the living and working hours of an American relative.

Buying a green card in America has been magnified by some media. This policy has been in the brewing stage and has not been formally put forward; And even if it is formally put forward, it is still a question whether it can be passed. Buying a house and getting a visa happen to meet, which links the immigration policy reform in the United States with the overseas immigration trend in China. According to media reports, issuing green cards to buyers who have invested more than 500,000 US dollars in the United States is only a non-immigrant residence visa. Homeowners can't apply for a green card, let alone be naturalized, and can't enjoy the benefits of the US government, but as long as they own a house, the visa can be extended after it expires. There is no upper limit on the issuance of green cards for buying houses in the United States, but the holders cannot legally stay in the United States after selling their houses.

At present, the United States has been brewing, implementing the policy of screening immigrants, from emphasizing family reunion to attaching importance to immigrants' chances of success in the United States, breaking the immigration chain, reducing the number of immigrants with family reunion, and adopting the points system. Points mainly come from work situation, educational level and English ability.