What are the requirements for immigrating to the United States?

There are three common ways to immigrate to the United States: 1, eb-5 investment immigration; 2. Talented immigrants; 3. American relatives immigrate.

Corresponding conditions for immigration to the United States

First, eb-5 investment immigration conditions

1, the investment principal is USD 500,000, and the investment period is 5 years;

2. Applicants must be at least 265,438+0 years old, and their spouses and unmarried children under 265,438+0 years old can apply for immigration at the same time;

3. The applicant does not need to have any restrictions on business background, education level and language ability;

4. The applicant must have a proof of the legality of the capital of 500,000 US dollars (not necessarily accumulated by individual investors, but by other means such as gift, inheritance, loan, etc.). Can also be used, and must be obtained from legal channels);

5. Applicants must invest a specified amount before applying for immigration.

Second, the conditions for talents to immigrate to the United States

1. This person has outstanding talents in the fields of science, art, education, business or sports, and has always been unanimously recognized by the host country or international, and his achievements can be proved by a large number of written materials;

2. This person wants to enter the United States and continue to engage in the industry he is good at;

This person will bring great benefits to the United States after entering the United States.

Third, the immigration conditions of American relatives.

1. American relative immigrants are divided into two categories: quota-limited and quota-free. American relatives' immigration is subject to quotas and annual immigration quotas. There is a waiting period, that is, they need to be arranged. According to the following relations, it can be divided into four types:

1.1.familyfirstreference relatives, 23,400 places per year.

Unmarried children of American citizens (over 2 1 year old), including those born out of wedlock under 2 1 year old, need about 6 years to apply.

1.2. familysecondpriority, annual quota 1 14200,

American permanent residents, that is, spouses of green card holders and only children under the age of 265,438+0, account for at least 77% of the annual quota, and the application process takes about five years.

265,438 unmarried children over 0 years old, including those born out of wedlock, are permanent residents of the United States, accounting for about 23% of the annual quota, and the application process takes about 9 years.

1.3. FamilyThirdReference, with an annual quota of 23,400.

The application process for families of married children of American citizens is about 8 years.

1.4. familyforthpreference, with 65,000 places per year.

Brothers and sisters of American citizens and only children under 2 1.

However, another prerequisite for this kind of relative immigration is that American citizens must be at least 2 1 year old.

Immigrants without quota restrictions are classified as immediate family members of American citizens. Immediate family members of American citizens include spouses of American citizens, unmarried children of American citizens under 2 1 year old, unmarried children of spouses of American citizens and their ex-husbands or ex-wives 18 years old, unmarried children of American citizens legally adopted under 16 years old and parents of American citizens over 2 1 year old. As immediate family members of American citizens, they can immigrate to the United States at any time without quota restrictions, that is, there is no waiting period for green cards. The main categories are as follows:

Cr 1—— Apply within two years of marriage, and American citizens apply for spouses (cr2 for unmarried children under 2 1). The application process is about 1 and 3 months;

IR 1—— When applying after two years of marriage, an American citizen applies for a spouse (the ir2 is an unmarried child under 2 1), and the application process is about 1 and 3 months;

American citizens over the age of IR5-2/KLOC-0 apply for parents, and the application process takes about one and a half years.

The priority category of k3-cr 1 (American citizens applying for spouses) is k4 (their unmarried children under 2 1 year), and the application process takes about 9 months to 1 year.