How to check the progress of American green card?

Take the American visa as an example, and go through the following process:

1. It takes 3-6 months to receive the face-to-face visa notice after the American immigrant visa materials are transferred to the Guangzhou Consulate.

2. Immigrant visa is a document issued to foreign immigrants as an entry visa country. Immigrant visa is closely related to 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 country where he immigrated and has the right to work legally in his country.

If you get an American immigrant visa, you can get a social security number after entering the country. You can apply for a green card one year after you arrive in the United States, and you can get a green card about one year after you apply, which means you have permanent residency in the United States. After 3 years and 9 months of green card, you can apply for the naturalization test, and you can be officially naturalized in the United States through the naturalization test.

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.