Can my brother's children get a relative immigrant visa?

It is closely related to the green card, and you can get a green card if you get an immigrant visa. The "green card" is not green, but a pink foreigner registration card. The green card proves that the holder can live permanently in the United States and have the right to work legally in the United States.

If you have a green card, you must take America as your permanent residence. If you get an immigrant visa outside the United States, you must enter the United States within 4 months, obtain permanent residency and apply for a green card. Otherwise, the immigrant visa expires and the chance of getting a green card is gone.

Green card holders who have lived outside the United States for more than 65,438+0 years or committed crimes in the United States will lose their green card qualification. Green card holders can apply for American citizenship after living in the United States for a period of time.

Immediate family members of American citizens are eligible to apply for green cards, regardless of the number of immigrants. Immediate family members refer to: spouses of American citizens; Unmarried children under 2 1 year old whose parents are American citizens; American citizen's parents are 2 1. Adopted children and adoptive parents are regarded as immediate family members, but such adoption must be established before the child reaches the age of 16. Stepchildren or stepparents are regarded as immediate family members. Stepparents must get married before their children reach the age of 18, and they can enjoy the same qualifications for obtaining a green card as their biological parents or children.

Being regarded as a "special immigrant" is also eligible to apply for a green card without quota restrictions. At present, such people include: some people who used to be American citizens; A recognized religious priest; Former employee of the United States government; Former employees of Panama Canal Company or Panama Canal District Government; Doctor who has been living in America since June 1979.

Non-lineal relatives of American citizens applying for green cards are subject to immigration quotas. Non-lineal relatives are divided into priority personnel and non-priority personnel. Non-priority personnel can immigrate to the United States only if the annual immigration quotas of the six priority personnel are not used up.

Six categories of priority personnel refer to:

The first category is unmarried children of any age whose parents are American citizens.

The second category, spouses of green card holders and unmarried children of any age.

The third category is people with outstanding talents in art or science who come to the United States to fill vacancies and other professionals caused by the lack of qualified staff in the United States.

The fourth category is married children of any age whose parents are American citizens.

The fifth category is the brothers and sisters of American citizens.

The sixth category is qualified workers who come to the United States to fill the job vacancies caused by the lack of workers.

Strictly speaking, these six categories of priority personnel can actually be divided into two categories: relatives of American citizens or permanent residents (categories I, II, III and V) and people with job skills required by American employers (categories III and VI).

In addition, the United States also has "Amnesty" laws for some illegal immigrants, so that they can apply for green cards under certain conditions.

Almost all kinds of green card applicants must have American relatives or employers (including companies) as "requesters", indicating that you have legal immigration conditions and make immigration requests for you.

Cardholders need to know

When you get a green card, you will automatically become a taxpayer in the United States, and you must declare all your income around the world to the government. Failure to enforce US tax laws is considered a crime. If you are proved to have violated the tax law, your green card will be revoked and I will be deported. After getting a green card, you can do any job in any company in the United States, or you can not work; Can live in all parts of the United States, and there is no limit on the length of residence; Can enter and leave the United States at any time; After holding a green card for several years, you can apply for American citizenship; Your spouse and children under the age of 2/kloc-0 can automatically get a green card as accompanying relatives. You can't use the green card for work and travel; Your actual residence needs to be in the United States; You have to pay American tax on your income all over the world; Your residence time outside the United States shall not exceed 1 year; If you commit a crime or participate in political sabotage, your green card will be revoked and you will be deported.

Get a green card through relatives If you are an immediate relative of an American citizen, an American citizen or a priority relative of a green card holder or an accompanying relative of a priority relative, you are eligible to get a green card through kinship. Getting a green card through an American relative takes two steps. The first step is a "request", which is made by your American relatives to the local office or regional service center of the US Immigration Service to prove that you are a relative of an American citizen who is eligible for a green card. If you are a relative of priority, you will be limited by the quota. The date of applying for green card is "order day", and the date of waiting for green card should be counted from this date. If your relatives live outside the United States, the "request" materials should be submitted to the American embassy or consulate. The second step is to "apply", which is put forward by yourself and accompanied relatives must also apply. Anyone, as long as his "request" is approved and the order date has arrived, can apply for a green card at the American consulate in his own country with the required documents and materials. To apply for a green card in the United States, you can submit the "request" and "application" together, and send the relevant forms and documents by mail or in person to the nearest US immigration office. Once the application materials are submitted, you can't leave the United States for any reason before the application is approved, otherwise your green card application will be automatically suspended.

As we all know, people who marry American citizens have many immigration facilities. Many people who have no relatives in the United States often use marriage to gain kinship. This kind of marriage purely for the purpose of immigration, even if it is legal in all aspects, is regarded as a fake marriage by immigration officials. In the new immigration law of the United States, it is illegal to apply for a green card with a fake marriage. Offenders will face the risk of deportation and long-term imprisonment. Once deported, you will never be able to return to the United States.

According to the immigration law, although you can get a green card if you marry an American citizen, if the marriage period is less than 2 years, your green card is conditional. Two years later, you and your spouse apply again and go for an interview together. If you two are still married at this time, and immigration officials still think that your marriage is not for immigration, then you can get a permanent green card.

If you divorce after getting a permanent green card, you can keep your green card, but you want to get married again, and your new spouse is not American, then you can't apply for a green card for your foreign spouse unless you have a green card for five years.