Four contents of the new American immigration law

Chapter 1: Four contents of the new American immigration law.

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 your 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 three 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.

Most new immigrants from China to the United States have a lot of personal assets, but many people did not plan their personal assets when they landed in the United States because they listened to their friends' advice or did not understand the tax laws of the United States. As a result, they were investigated by the IRS and had to pay a large fine.

Chapter II Precautions for American Immigration Passports

Shadows and lighting: acceptable-clear photos, bright colors, accurate reproduction of skin color, good exposure without shadows.

Glasses: glasses are not allowed. Photo Tip: Even if you wear glasses every day, you must take them off to take photos.

Size and position: the head is centered and the size is correct. The photo should be (5 1x5 1mm), with the head centered and the size between 1 "and1.4" (25 and 35mm).

Is the photo retouched? You can't use photo retouching tools to cut the background and change the outline of head, face and neck. The correct way is to put the photo in front of a white or grayish white background instead of cropping the background.

Posture and expression: the candidate faces the camera directly, with neutral expression and clear eyes.

Can you wear a hat? You are not allowed to wear a hat or headdress except for religious or medical purposes and by signing a statement.

Background: The background is even, pure white or off-white, and there is no shadow.

Baby: There is no one else in the photo. The child faced the camera with his eyes open. It is acceptable if the baby's eyes (especially the newborn) are not or are not completely open.

Chapter III Introduction of American Investment Immigrants

Investment refers to the provision of capital, including cash, equipment, inventory or other real estate. Time deposits, government bonds and other securities that are easy to turn into cash, as well as payment for goods, can all be regarded as capital. Investment funds shall not be obtained by illegal means. According to the implementation rules, the applicant should use foreign business records, personal and corporate tax returns and other documents to prove that the acquisition of investment funds, pure real estate investment, purchase of temples or houses, and waiting for appreciation are not in compliance with the regulations. Enterprises must be new, and buying existing enterprises does not meet the requirements, but there must be flexible measures in the implementation rules. For new commercial enterprises, including the following three:

1, creating a brand-new business;

2. Buy out the difficult enterprises, rectify or reorganize, and retain the original employees;

3. Buy and sell existing businesses and expand them. The so-called expansion refers to increasing the net asset value of the original business by more than 40%, or increasing the number of employees employed by the original business by more than 40%.

To apply for immigration by expansion, you must also meet the basic requirements of 10 employees for capital and employment. A new business company can be invested by one person or by two or more investors. The legislative spirit of investment immigration lies in creating employment opportunities. A new business enterprise must employ at least 10 full-time employees. Employees refer to those who provide services in exchange for salaries, excluding contractors. When I say all, I mean working more than 35 hours a week. If two people are in charge of the same post and meet the above-mentioned standard of hours, they can also be regarded as full-time employees. Qualified employees include American citizens, foreigners with permanent residency and foreigners with legal work permits. Excluding investors, their spouses and children.

There is a very broad provision in the detailed rules for the implementation of American immigration law that investment immigrants can hire 10 full-time employees, that is, applicants with investment visas can first put forward a plan, stating that the company needs to hire at least 10 employees who are not its own or spouse's children within two years, but it does not need to hire 10 employees at the initial stage of the company. The new American immigration law imposes a two-year investment restriction on investment immigrants. That is, investment immigrants, spouses and children can first obtain conditional residence status. Two years later, if the Immigration Bureau determines that investors have indeed fulfilled the relevant regulations, investors, their spouses and children can become permanent residents of the United States. Investors can hire 65,438+00 employees on the last day during the two-year investment period. After investors and their relatives get a green card, they can't hire employees if they don't need to work.