How should I apply for my parents' green card status in the United States?

You can check it directly on the website of the US Immigration Service. Generally speaking, the U.S. government is unwilling to spend taxpayers' money to support the elderly who have never contributed to the U.S. government, which requires applicants to have the financial ability to support their immediate family members and how to have the financial ability. This requires at least a record of continuous personal income tax payment, and it is more appropriate to apply for parents to settle in the United States after accumulating 40 credits. But that doesn't mean you can't apply. If you just want to apply for parents to visit relatives in the United States, it will be easy. You can also apply for visiting relatives without the above requirements.

Generally speaking, there are three ways to apply for an immigrant visa and get an American green card: relative immigration, professional immigration and lottery immigration.

1. Family migration:

Applicants for relative immigration can be American citizens or permanent residents of the United States. American citizens can apply for immigration for spouses, children, parents and siblings; Permanent residents can apply for immigration for spouses and unmarried children.

Ir relative migration

This kind of relative immigration is used for unmarried children under 2 1 year old of spouses of American citizens and American citizens over 2 1 year old who apply for immigration for their parents. The biggest advantage of this kind of immigration is that there is no quota limit and the speed of handling cases is faster.

B. Priority categories of relatives' migration

The first priority category (f 1), adult unmarried children of American citizens;

The second priority category (f2) includes: (f2-a) American permanent resident spouses and unmarried children under 2 1; (f2-b) Adult unmarried children of permanent residents in the United States;

The third priority category (f3), married children of American citizens;

The fourth priority category (f4) is brothers and sisters of American citizens.

There is a quota limit for the priority category of relative immigrants, and it is necessary to wait for the quota to be scheduled.

2. Professional immigrants:

Professional immigrants are divided into five categories:

A(eb- 1) excellent employees

This kind of professional immigrants don't need American work certificates. However, applicants must provide evidence to prove that they will continue to work within their professional scope after immigrating to the United States.

Such professional immigrants are suitable for three groups of people:

A. Outstanding talents in special fields such as science, art, education, business or sports;

B. distinguished professors or researchers;

C. management talents of multinational enterprises.

B(eb-2) Professionals with higher education or special abilities.

This kind of professional immigrants need a work certificate from the United States, but applicants do not need to provide evidence that they will continue to work within the professional scope after immigrating to the United States. At the same time, if the applicant provides evidence that he/she will continue to work within his/her expertise after immigrating to the United States, he/she can also apply for exemption from the requirement of obtaining a work certificate in the United States.

A. Professionals with higher education;

B. professionals with special abilities.

C(eb-3) Professionals, skilled workers or unskilled workers

Such professional immigrants need American work certificates. Foreigners applying for such visas must be professionals with a bachelor's degree or skilled workers in certain fields, and the latter also requires at least two years of work experience or training.

At the same time, eb-3 also includes a special group of people who can apply for immigration. This group refers to unskilled workers, who must also have at least two years of work experience or training. It is generally difficult for unskilled workers to apply for immigration.

Conditions for applying for relatives to immigrate to the United States

Spouse immigration includes two kinds of people: the first is the spouse of an American citizen, who is not subject to quota restrictions and can be approved quickly as long as he applies; The second is the spouse of the American green card holder, who is restricted by quota and belongs to the second priority immigration.

(2) Conditions for children to immigrate

According to the law, there are four main situations to apply for child immigration:

(1)2 1 Unmarried children of American citizens under the age of can apply for immigration, and there is no quota limit;

(2) Children who have reached the age of 2 1 year, but are unmarried, belong to the first priority category;

(3) Children who are married belong to the third priority category;

(4) Green card holders can also apply for their unmarried children. Beneficiaries belong to the second priority category, and divorced children are considered unmarried. Married children of green card holders have no priority.

The Immigration Law defines "children" as follows:

(1) legitimate children;

(2) A stepchild, as long as his biological father is married to his stepmother or his biological mother is married to his stepfather, and the child is under the age of 18, he has the status of stepchild;

(3) Children born out of wedlock can seek immigration status through their relationship with their biological mother or father, if they are related by blood;

(4) adopted children, adopted children before the age of 16, legally adopted by adoptive parents, who have lived with adoptive parents for two years.

The so-called parents here include not only biological father and mother, but also stepfather, stepmother, adoptive father and adoptive mother. In principle, the applicant's children should prove the existence of parent-child relationship. It should be noted that the relationship between the adopted children and their biological parents was terminated by adoption, so the adopted children obtained citizenship and could not apply for immigration to the United States for their biological parents.

(3) Conditions for brothers and sisters to emigrate

People with American citizenship, as long as they are over 265,438+0 years old, can apply for siblings to immigrate to the United States, which is the fourth priority in the priority category of relative immigration. People with permanent residency in the United States cannot be their brothers and sisters, but also include half-brothers or half-brothers. But this stepbrother relationship should have existed before 18 years old, otherwise you may not enjoy the rights and interests in immigration law.

(four) the conditions for the migration of family members in the same industry

In order to prevent the families of immigrants from being separated, the immigration law gives special treatment to the family members of the same trade who are approved to immigrate. An immigrant who has obtained any of the above preferential status, his spouse and unmarried children under 2l can obtain the same priority immigration status if they travel with him or reunite with him in the United States later.

American immigration application procedure

Step 1: American applicants submit application materials to the US Department of Homeland Security (formerly the Immigration Bureau). Gome applicants should prepare all relevant materials and submit the application I- 130 to the US Department of Homeland Security when applying for domestic relative immigration. The Department of Homeland Security will send the applicant a letter (package 1), that is, the application receipt i- 130, to inform you that the case has been received. There is a document number in it, which is three English capital letters plus 10. The three English letters are eac or wac or src or lin, which is classified by the US Department of Homeland Security according to your immigration category.

The basic information required for the application is as follows: (1) Obtain a relative visa application form from the US Department of Homeland Security, that is, 1□ 130 form, and fill it out carefully as required, and write down the relative relationship between the applicant and the applicant in detail and their respective real situations. (2) The applicant must show his identity certificate. If you are an American citizen, you must provide a birth certificate or a naturalization certificate, that is, a citizenship certificate. If you are a foreigner, you must provide a legal residence certificate, that is, the L- 15 1 form, that is, a "green card". (3) Obtaining a certificate of kinship between the beneficiary and the applicant. Just like a marriage certificate to prove partnership, it can prove the relationship between children, parents, brothers and sisters, and birth certificates, including date and place of birth, parents' names, etc. These certificates are generally issued by the notary office where the beneficiary is located in duplicate, one of which is translated into English and submitted to the US Department of Homeland Security after being confirmed by the US embassy or consulate.

Step 2: The case is transferred to the National Visa Center (nvc). About four months later, the Department of Homeland Security will send another letter (Package 2) to the applicant, that is, Form i797, informing that the case has been approved and transferred to the National Visa Center. The nvc phase takes about 1-2 months, during which you can call them to inquire about the progress of the case. Through them, you can learn the case number of Guangzhou, which is called guz number for short, and consists of guz plus 10. Please refer to the annex for the procedures of relevant national visa centers.

Step 3: Move the case to Guangzhou Consulate. After handling the case, the National Visa Center will move the case to the Guangzhou Consulate. After receiving the case, the consulate will send a notice and detailed requirements to the beneficiary (package 3). Beneficiaries should complete relevant certificates, and generally need to prepare the following documents; (1) Fill in the resume of the visa applicant sent by embassies and consulates in China (form-179). (2) Apply to the local notary office for birth certificate, marriage certificate and other relevant notarial certificates. (3) Any applicant over the age of 16 must also apply to the local notary office for a certificate of no crime to prove that the applicant has never committed a crime. If there is a crime, it is necessary to introduce the crime and sentence. (4) Physical examination certificate (issued by a hospital recognized by the consulate). (5) Residence guarantee issued by American relatives, which proves that the applicant will not become an economic guarantee for the American public after entering the United States. This certificate must be notarized. Most of the above documents need to be prepared in duplicate, and the Korean certificate needs to be accompanied by an English translation. If necessary, you must also prepare a photo with your relatives in the United States and the previous email (there must be an original envelope to prove that the relatives are reliable). All the application materials mentioned above are ready and have been sent to the American Consulate in Guangzhou. It may take weeks or years to receive package 3, depending on the situation.

At this stage, you can use the guz number to ask the American Visa Information Center of Guangzhou Consulate about the progress of the case. At present, the visa information center in the United States can provide services for consultants who can speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Taishan dialect and English. Please call 4008-872-333 at home and 86-21-3881-4611abroad. The working hours of the center are from 7 am to 7 pm (China time) from Monday to Friday, and from 8 am to 5 pm on Saturday. Applicants should provide: Korean name and its pinyin, ID number, ID number, passport number, telephone number and date of birth. It takes a certain fee to enter the visa information center system, 54 yuan 12 minutes or 36 yuan 8 minutes. This fee can be prepaid at CITIC Industrial Bank or online.

Step 4: Interview and get a visa. After the immigration quota is issued, the consulate will send another document to the beneficiary (package 4), which is about 1-3 months from the third step. Its contents include: (1) Transferable notice; (2) Introduce information on a negotiable basis; (3) physical examination form; (4) apply for an immigrant visa and a foreigner registration card. When applying for an immigrant visa interview, the consular officer will check all the documents submitted by the applicant, including the physical examination form and the affidavit of residence guarantee. Consular officials will approve immigrant visas after confirming that there is no reason for refusing visas. The visa is valid for 4 months, and the applicant must enter the United States during this period. When entering the country, the immigration inspector will check it, and when there is no problem, he will apply for an immigrant's passport to induce proof of temporary permanent residence. At this time, even if the applicant obtains the right of permanent residence, it will take about 3 months to get a formal green card.