How to apply for U.S. citizenship without giving up Chinese nationality

You can apply for a green card in the United States

The official name is "Permanent Resident Card (Permanent Resident Card)", also called I-551, which records the cardholder's photo and fingerprints. , name and other information can be obtained through application. Applicants usually need to have a permanent job in the United States or have a spouse and children who have settled in the United States. If the application is successful, a green card will be issued to the applicant, and the cardholder needs to renew the card on schedule.

After you have a U.S. green card, you do not need to apply for a visa at the U.S. embassy or consulate. You only need to show your passport and green card to enter and leave the United States freely. At the same time, you enjoy the same rights as domestic citizens in the United States except for the right to vote. benefits and benefits. Green card holders are usually required to stay in the United States for a certain period of time each year. Card holders who fail to enter the United States for more than two years may have their green cards revoked.

The official name of the green card is "Permanent Residence Certificate", which is used to prove a foreigner's legal right to live and work in the United States for a long time. The U.S. green card also has a similar effect to a passport. You can show the green card when entering the U.S. customs. No visa is required in the passport. This card, which represents permanent residence status, was originally green, then adopted other colors, and changed back to green after May 2010. A green card is a plastic card about the size of a credit card with a photo and fingerprint, and some personal information recorded on it. The green card is valid for 10 years. After the validity period expires, you need to apply to the Immigration Bureau for a new card. The United States and European countries have different management agencies for foreigners' residence. The United States grants visas and residence rights by different departments. U.S. embassies abroad only issue visas. The validity period above refers to the validity period for entering the United States rather than the period of residence. The period of residence is determined by the local U.S. immigration officer. For example, the visa in your passport is valid for one month, but the immigration officer at the US airport customs can grant you the right of residence for half a year, or only 7 days.

In the United States, the agency that handles long-term residence is the immigration bureau rather than the local police station. The United States and Canada are both countries of immigration, so the immigration bureaus are quite large and powerful. After the "9·11" incident, the U.S. Immigration Service, which was under the newly established Department of Homeland Security, was formerly under the Department of Justice. They could not recognize the authority of embassy visas, veto the decisions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and refuse visa holders issued by U.S. embassies abroad. Some enter the United States. This problem is particularly acute in the United States, where U.S. immigration officials have unlimited power at border crossings. They can push foreigners holding valid visas back on the spot, forcing them to pay expensive one-way tickets and take the next flight back to their country. If there is no flight that day, they will put the visitor in a solitary room to wait for the next flight.

In order to strengthen management, the United States has divided the Immigration Bureau into four administrative areas, namely Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest management centers to handle work visas and immigration affairs across the country. Applications for extension by long-term residents who have been in the country for more than one year are also processed at the Immigration Bureau.

The U.S. Immigration Bureau does not require face-to-face presentation, and all procedures are mailed back and forth. During the process of applying for a green card, many applicants did not go to the immigration office or meet the officials there, but they still successfully obtained the green card. The U.S. Immigration Service generally cannot rely on connections, and the results of trusting connections may be detrimental to the applicant. U.S. Immigration officials have relatively great personal power, and their superiors also give them the power to make mistakes. They don't like interference from outsiders, and they don't pay much attention to applicants' complaints. They don't even see the applicant in person and make decisions based only on materials.

The United States is a country governed by the rule of law. The Immigration Bureau tends to accept documents submitted by lawyers rather than directly accepting documents from applicants. U.S. immigration officials believe that attorneys’ documents are more credible, but fees are indispensable if immigration documents are submitted through attorneys.

There are many types of green cards in the United States, such as dependent green cards, employment green cards, special talents green cards, etc. If you can't get these benefits, spend money to immigrate illegally, stay there for more than ten years, maybe you can catch up with an amnesty, convert illegally to legal, and get a green card. If that doesn't work out, you can also draw lots to get a green card, which is an easier way than winning the Mark Six Lottery. However, Chinese people born in mainland China are not exempt from this and are not eligible to draw lots.

There are no special conditions required to apply for a dependent green card, as long as they are an American or the spouse or child of a green card holder. However, the waiting period has been very long in recent years. Green card spouses have to wait nearly 5 years to get their green cards, and the spouses have to live separately in two places for a long time.

There are other ways to immigrate to the United States, such as investment immigration. This kind of immigration requires both money and specific projects. Only a few people can do it. After investing hundreds of thousands of dollars, Immigration status can be obtained through review.

Green Card Policy

Ordinary people can only apply for a green card for working in the United States through hard work. After completing their studies, foreign students find jobs and are hired by American companies, or are directly sent to the United States by large companies. After working for a few years, they can apply for a green card with the support of the company. The United States issues a large number of work visas to foreigners every year. In the past two years, more than 60,000 work visas were issued each year. In the years of new economic expansion, an average of 120,000 work visas were issued to foreigners every year. Everyone who has a job in the United States applies for a green card, whether it is approved or not is another matter.

When it comes to dealing with immigration, the United States adopts a pragmatic policy. When the economy is good, it is tolerant to foreign immigrants, and when the economy is bad, it imposes strict restrictions on foreigners.

In the late 1990s, when the U.S. economy was booming, New York City did not even arrest illegal immigrants very much. Even the owners of local Chinese restaurants said that they were not worried about this problem at the time, and they rarely heard of police arresting illegal workers in Chinese restaurants. Something happened.

It is more convenient to enter and leave the United States with a green card. The airport customs puts green card holders and American citizens in the same queue, so entry is faster, unlike other foreigners who have to wait in long queues.