Common sense of American immigrants after getting a green card

# American Immigration # Introduction Holding an American green card is not the same as becoming an American citizen, but a permanent resident of the United States, and it is necessary to maintain the intention of permanently staying in the United States. The following is the common sense of American immigrants after getting a green card. Welcome to read!

A common sense of American immigrants after getting a green card

If you stay overseas for a long time, the US Immigration Service may consider that you have given up your intention to stay in the United States permanently, thus depriving you of your green card qualification. Of course, holding an American green card enjoys more procedural protection than ordinary non-immigrants. Before the US Immigration Bureau deprives green card holders of permanent residency, they must go through some legal procedures, such as warnings and hearings, and green card holders have the right to defend themselves.

Whether a person gives up the permanent residency in the United States depends on his intention. But intention depends on people's interpretation of evidence, which involves the problem of burden of proof.

When an immigration officer judges whether a person has given up his intention to stay in the United States permanently, the first thing to look at is the length of time you have left the United States. There are two key time inflection points to remember: 1 year and 180 days.

1. If you have left the United States 1 year or more and have not applied for a re-entry permit, the immigration officer will determine that you have lost your permanent residence status.

There is only one exception to this conclusion, that is, you can't go back to the United States because of natural and man-made disasters, diseases and other reasons beyond your control.

If this is a very special case, you can apply for a resident return visa at the US Consulate. If the consular officer determines that you have no intention of giving up the permanent residency in the United States, you will be issued a resident return visa, and you can use this visa to regain permanent resident status after landing in the United States. The burden of proof lies with you.

2. If you leave the United States for more than 180 days, but less than 1 year, you will be presumed to have given up your permanent residency, but you can prove it. The burden of proof lies with you.

3. If you leave the United States for no more than 180 days in a row, you are deemed not to have given up your permanent residency, unless the US Immigration Bureau can clearly prove that you have given up your intention to stay in the United States permanently. The burden of proof lies with the Immigration Bureau.

4. If a person holds public office in a foreign country and Ma Ying-jeou holds the presidency in Taiwan Province Province, I'm afraid you can judge that you have given up your plan to stay in the United States permanently without looking at your travel records.

If you leave the United States for more than 1 year, it will also affect the requirement of continuous residence for 5 years to apply for citizenship. Once this continuous residence is broken, five years will be recalculated.

However, if you are sent overseas to work for the American government, company or religious group, you can submit the N-470 form to maintain continuous residence, which will not interrupt the continuity of residence and will not affect the application for citizenship. Even so, the time spent working overseas cannot be used to meet the actual residence requirements when applying for citizenship. Of course there are exceptions. If American soldiers are fighting overseas, or diplomats are on duty, their time in military service and as diplomats is considered to be actually living in the United States.

The law stipulates that a person cannot live permanently in two different countries at the same time. The interpretation of permanent residence intention often depends on two aspects: one is the travel record of residence time, and the other is the degree of social connection integration. If traveling or living abroad is temporary, and according to the preset itinerary, there is no conflict with the intention of staying in the United States permanently. If you have been deeply integrated into American society and have strong social ties, then your intention to stay in the United States permanently will be more obvious.

The second popular city for American immigrants

1. Los Angeles

The most suitable city for immigrants from China, located in Southern California, is a metropolis in the United States after new york.

As one of the centers of world culture, science, technology, international trade and higher education, it also has world-renowned institutions in various professional and cultural fields.

Belonging to the Mediterranean climate zone, the climate is mild and sunny. It is dry all year round, with little rain and a little more rain in winter.

The environment is beautiful. Although the air quality is often rated as the worst in the United States, it is actually enough to kill many cities in China, such as Beijing.

China people account for a large proportion of the total population, with high status and rich culture. There are many Chinese communities, and there are many opportunities to use Chinese. Even if you don't know English, life won't be very troublesome. There are many Chinese restaurants and supermarkets in China, so China's stomach will not be wronged.

2. Owen/Newport Beach

Although Irvine is a young city with only about 30 years, it has made many people choose it as their home. The pleasant climate, excellent school district and ideal public security situation have become the reasons why many people, especially Chinese, choose to live in Irvine.

Located in Orange County, Southern California, with a population of170,000, middle and upper class families live together, and nearly 30% are Asian.

It is one of the planned urban communities in the United States, which was slowly developed by the Owen Company, a private company founded by the Owen family.

The coastal climate is pleasant, with California's famous sunshine.

3. San Francisco

The gold rush brought the first generation of Chinese overseas, and now it is one of the cities where overseas Chinese live densely. Of the 800,000 people in San Francisco, 20% are Chinese, which is the proportion of Chinese in American urban population.

It is the most beautiful city in America, located on a long and narrow peninsula, with rugged coastline and quiet harbor, modern buildings, two-story buildings built along steep hills, and vibrant markets and shopping centers.

It is the location of the world's high-tech industrial park "Silicon Valley", attracting countless high-tech talents and tourists from all over the world every day.

Further reading: an introduction to American employment immigrants

Employment-oriented professional immigrants * * * have five priority categories: (EB 1, EB2, EB3, EB4, EB5, EB5).

The first priority of EB 1 includes three categories: EB 1A special talents, EB 1B outstanding professors or researchers, and EB 1C multinational executives. The first priority is characterized by the fact that there is no need to prove the shortage of labor force and the number of immigrants is abundant, but the beneficiaries are required to have great achievements or energy.

The second priority of EB2 includes two categories: unconventional national interest exemption (NIW) and conventional EB2 work permit PERM. NIW does not need jobs, labor shortage certificates and employer support. For conventional EB2, the employer must prove the shortage of labor. The work of an employer should require at least a master's degree or above, or a bachelor's degree plus five years of work experience.

The third focus of EB3 includes two sub-categories: applying for a green card requires a bachelor's degree or at least two years of technical experience. Those who do not require academic qualifications and skills are classified into another subcategory. Employers of EB3 also need to prove a labor shortage.

EB4 Fourth priority: religious visa. This requires church organizations to come forward. Beneficiaries should serve the Ministry of the church.

EB5 Fifth Priority: Investment Immigration. Meet three conditions: a business entity that invests one million dollars or half a million dollars in the United States; Create or increase 10 full-time jobs for American workers. Investment funds should prove their legal sources.