Advantages of American immigration and green card policy

Is there a difference between immigrating to the United States and getting an American green card? Dear me, I am telling you in detail the policies and advantages of the American green card. If you are considering immigrating to America, come and have a look with me.

Green card policy of American immigrants

Visa 1. EB-5 provides legal permanent residency for foreigners who promote the economic development of the United States. We are revising the plan.

2. Our proposed regulations will increase investment, curb the abuse of tea, and let EB-5 really help areas with high unemployment rate.

3. Understand our 20 18 19 priority legislation reform plan-including EB-5 reform.

What's the difference between American immigrants and green cards?

First of all, the American green card and American immigrants are integrated and cannot be distinguished. A green card is an immigrant's residence certificate, which is equivalent to an immigrant's residence permit or temporary residence permit in the United States. With a green card, you are an immigrant, eligible to live, work and invest in the United States, and free to travel between China and the United States without a visa. Green card is better than our country's temporary residence permit, that is, you can enjoy local welfare benefits, such as free insurance and medical care, which is more humane.

Secondly, American citizens are people with American citizenship. His rights are much broader than the American green card. He not only has the right to exist, but also has the right to vote and stand for election. So many people will think that the American green card and American citizens are the difference between the right to vote and the right to be elected, and other things, such as welfare, are the same as those of the locals. In fact, this view is also wrong, at least one-sided.

Compared with the US permanent resident green card, American citizenship has the following main differences:

1. Passports are different;

2. Different political rights;

3. Different residence restrictions;

4. Different economic rights (including the right to work and welfare).

It can be said that the green card is the identity certificate of American immigrants, and American immigrants without a green card have little meaning. American immigrants who apply for American citizenship in advance are American immigrants who hold American green cards and meet certain application conditions before they can become American citizens and hold American passports.

Legal and policy advantages of American green card

1. Child Birth: Any child born in the United States by anyone in the United States (including illegal immigrants) is regarded as an American citizen and holds an American passport. No matter how old people are, they are not restricted to stay outside the United States and are free to enter and leave the United States for life. /kloc-citizens aged 0/8 will legally enjoy all the rights and interests of American citizens after taking the oath. 2 1 year-old, can apply for American immigration for spouse, children and parents.

2. Tuition for primary and secondary schools: 18 Before going to college, all primary and secondary schools in the United States implemented compulsory education, that is, zero tuition (except aristocratic and private boarding schools). In contrast, at present, the relevant institutions in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou spend more than $30,000 for primary and secondary school students to study in the United States for one year.

When primary and middle school students who have just arrived in the United States can't keep up with ordinary courses, many places in the United States have targeted English make-up classes. There are full-time teachers who tutor students every day until their English improves and they can keep up with ordinary courses at no extra charge.

3. University tuition: Only local people pay tuition (including master students and doctoral students). Take California for example. In a medium-level California public university, foreign students have to pay more than $20,000 a year, while "locals" only need to pay more than $3,000 a year.

4. Scholarships: For ordinary China people who intend to apply for American university scholarships, they can only compete with outstanding people from all over the world for very limited scholarship places open to foreigners. But for people with green cards, the scope of scholarships is far from what a foreigner can apply for.

And its competitors are only Native Americans. Because many scholarship institutions in the United States limit scholarships to "Americans" (people with permanent residency in the United States).

5. Student loans: Green card holders above 18 can apply for various student loans in the year when they get their green cards. Like the excellent private universities in the United States, the annual tuition and living expenses are as high as more than 40 thousand dollars. When a green card holder wants to study for a two-year master's degree, he can lend $60,000 to $70,000 at a time.

After graduation, if you can't find a job, you don't have to pay the loan. After finding a job, pay it off in years. Usually only one-tenth of the salary is repaid every month. In the United States, national policy ensures that no one can't go to school because of financial difficulties.

6. Benefits for immediate family members: Green card holders can apply for a green card for their spouses and their minor children under 2 1 year old after they get married with foreigners.

7. The government helps to find jobs: The U.S. government has specialized agencies in various places to find jobs for its own people free of charge. As long as green card holders register their skills, specialties and interests in this department, this department will find jobs for those who register for free. At the same time, the department also provides free basic skills training (such as computer and English) for job seekers. ) to help them find jobs.

8. Freedom of employment: Green card holders are not restricted from working in the United States. In order to protect the interests of Americans, many jobs in the United States (high-tech, biochemical, military and other research, production, security work) are not open to foreigners, even if foreigners have corresponding knowledge and expertise.

This situation makes foreign students in a very unequal competition with American students when they look for jobs after graduation from university. Green card holders don't have to worry about this. They can change from "inferior party" to "superior party".

9. Changes in the value of the labor force: The value of talents with the same skills in the American labor market is obviously different according to whether they have a "green card", and the gap ranges from 50% to several hundred%. For example, a coach who successfully applied for a job in our company, when she didn't have a green card, her starting salary was 45 thousand dollars a year, but with a green card, her starting salary became 85 thousand dollars.

There is also an IT talent skilled in using statistical software. Without a green card, he only has an annual salary of 70,000 yuan, and this position is 6,543,800 yuan+0.25 million yuan for people with a green card.

10. Preferential policies for starting a company: Unlike many developing countries, foreign companies in the United States are subject to more restrictions, while locals (green cards or citizens) can enjoy many preferential policies for starting a company, such as company types, loans, taxes, business projects and so on.

1 1. Travel around the world: American green card holders can avoid the trouble of being refused visas in most countries around the world (almost all European and American countries), and they can achieve "global communication" with their green cards and "white papers". This gives you the greatest freedom to plan your life and career around the world.

12. Return to China for investment: Once you get the green card of the United States, you will be regarded as an overseas Chinese by the China government and return to China to register your company. The company is an American company, and the joint venture company is a Sino-American joint venture. Investment is regarded as foreign capital and enjoys relevant preferential policies. If you are cheated in investing abroad, you can also find the local American embassy to coordinate and solve it.

American green card holders can enjoy other privileges when doing business in China, depending on the region.

13. Project funds: Many governments and public funds in the United States require executors and beneficiaries to have the status of "green card", which they are not entitled to as foreigners. For example, the city government of San Francisco allocated $500,000 to build an artistic sculpture by the sea. An outstanding China sculptor's scheme was selected, but in the end he couldn't accept the money because he didn't have a "green card".

14. Retirement benefits: Green card holders, after accumulating tax records for ten years (the bottom line is about $50 per month), can receive the pension ($700 ~ $65438+$0200 per month) issued by the US federal government for life after retirement (usually 65 years old). For many immigrants, the number of years of receiving a pension is more than the number of years of paying taxes.

15. Unemployment relief: When the applicant, spouse or even children have no job after transferring to a green card, the government will find a job for you free of charge. When you have a normal income and are unemployed after paying taxes for not less than six months, you can receive monthly government relief (the amount ranges from $600 to $65,438+$0,200 per month) by reporting your unemployment to the local authorities in the United States and going through relevant procedures.

16. Enjoy high-level medical care: The medical care level in the United States is the highest in the world today. Many drugs that are not available in China are available in the United States, many operations that cannot be performed in China can be performed in the United States (such as cosmetic surgery for high burns), and many devices that have been eliminated in the United States are being used in China (such as laser treatment for myopia, and China began to use the second generation products when the fourth generation products were popularized in the United States).

17. Loan: After having a green card, you can easily obtain various loans provided by the government, banks and other relevant institutions when you buy a car or house in the United States. At the same time, the interest part of the annual repayment of real estate can also be used to deduct personal income tax.

18. life insurance and funds: green card holders can enjoy some types of insurance linked to funds that are not available in China but only in the United States, so that they can earn more after retirement. You can also get insurance with high insurance coverage at a much lower premium than in China.

19. Old-age medical insurance: In the United States, medical expenses are quite high, but any "low-income" green card holder (with no tax record) can apply for a "medical card" after retirement, and any illness is paid for free. This completely relieved the worries of the old man's illness. For non-low-income people, as long as they accumulate tax records for ten years and pay a small amount of insurance premiums after retirement, most of the medical expenses will not have to be borne by themselves.

20. Housing subsidy: Green card holders can apply for buying apartments for low-income elderly people after retirement. You can buy a house subsidized by your country in the United States at about 35% of the market price. People who have no money to buy a house can also apply for government low-rent housing, and the price is one-third to one-quarter of the market price.

2 1. Free entertainment: Eligible people can apply to enter the elderly centers in various communities. All kinds of entertainment, fitness, study and medical treatment in the center are free, meals in the activity center are also free, and the shuttle bus from home to the activity center is also free.

22. Government subsidy: When the green card holder has no accumulated tax record of 10 years before retirement, as long as he becomes an American citizen, the government will directly pay the living allowance (more than $600 per month, plus food, etc. ) after retirement (65 years old).