How much does it cost to apply for an American green card?

Getting an American green card is basically immigrating to the United States! This question is more brain-burning, not just the kind that wants to marry an American directly with a green card, it's okay! On the contrary, being stuck in a strange country will inevitably lead to various problems.

I've heard this kind of ridicule: everyone in Beijing's Third Ring Road can immigrate to the United States. As long as you sell the house, you can cover the cost of your application!

As far as the green card is concerned, the physical examination plus other miscellaneous expenses is about two thousand yuan per person. The rest, you have to spend money everywhere.

The cost of immigration is not only the application, but also various expenses after landing. First, file these expenses for the time being and analyze the application, residence, life, education and medical insurance one by one.

The application fee is relatively simple.

If we don't talk about the very possible price increase for the time being, the current investment is generally $500 thousand. If we add other management fees and attorney fees, we can budget this part of the expenses to 600,000 dollars. However, if the price is adjusted at 20 17, it is very likely that the investment amount will rise to $800 to100000. Plus other extra fees, the whole application fee may double. After waiting for the approval of 526 login for several years, there is no big expenditure.

After the living expenses fall, the first thing involved is the cost of buying or renting a house. Due to different residence and personal requirements, this fee varies greatly.

For example, if it is near Los Angeles, California, a four-bedroom house in an ordinary middle-class community will cost about $500,000 to $6,543.38+0,000, but a similar house in Houston may cost half the price.

Let's take $6.5438+0 million as an example. If you plan to go to mortgage to buy a house, the average mortgage term in the United States is 30 years (even shorter), and the current mortgage interest rate is between 4% and 5%. If the term is 30 years and the interest rate is 4.5%,

Down payment 10%, your annual mortgage is about 55,000 dollars. But you also need to pay property tax, insurance and community management fees. There is no small difference in property tax rates among States in the United States.

These extra taxes are about $20,000 a year. So you will spend $6,543,800 first, and then spend about $75,000 a year. If you buy a 500,000-dollar house, we can estimate the cost as half of the above: 37,500 dollars.

Cost of living Let's look at the cost of living again. A family of four, if it is an ordinary middle-class lifestyle,

$5,000 a month can be considered, including basic food, clothing, housing and transportation, or even lower. If you plan to buy two cars, the budget of $50,000 to $654,380+million can give you a pretty good choice.

Education expenses Most people emigrate for children, so education expenses are also part of the plan. If children attend public schools, education before university is completely free.

The only thing you need to pay is the cost of pens, ink, paper and inkstone, school uniforms (in some schools) and some students' activities. But these expenses are only one or two thousand yuan per person per year at most.

But if it is a private school, the tuition fee ranges from thousands to tens of thousands of dollars, usually between 20 thousand and 40 thousand dollars a year. University expenses are very different.

According to the latest survey data, the average tuition fee of private universities is $365,438+0,000 per year, while that of public universities is more than $9,000 in the state and $22,000 out of the state. If accommodation, books, transportation and other expenses are added, the average annual cost of private schools can reach 46 thousand, and that of public States is about 23 thousand

About 35,000 is out of state.

Medical insurance In addition, medical insurance is not a big expenditure. For a family of four, the monthly premium will be around $65,438+$0,000. Therefore, the annual medical budget of1.5,000 to $20,000 should be enough. Even if there are serious illness expenses, as long as there is insurance, the personal expenses will not be much higher than 20 thousand dollars

(including insurance and medical expenses).

Because in the United States, there is a concept of "personal expenditure ceiling". If you are unfortunately seriously ill, the insurance company will pay all the expenses that exceed this upper limit.

What does this data mean to you? Green card holders can apply for naturalization after living in the United States for five years (including two-year temporary green card). correct

For many people, the biggest worry is that they need to live in the United States for a long time in these five years, and they may not be able to manage their domestic business and maintain their previous income level. But after obtaining citizenship, there is no limit to your long-term residence in the United States. So for many people, the expenses of these five years need to be included in the total budget.

Let's make a summary of the above analysis. Excluding education expenses, the approximate expenditure (five years) is as follows:

Therefore, if you have a limited income in the United States for five years and rely entirely on your own savings to support your daily expenses, you need about $654.38+$6,000 to pay your basic living expenses before applying for and obtaining citizenship. If there are children attending private schools or universities during this period, further adjustments need to be made according to the above education expenses.

The above estimate is based on a family of four, leaving a lot of room. Where you live, your lifestyle determines your consumption level. For example, in some places, more than 200,000 dollars can give you a beautiful house with four bedrooms, two garages and front and back gardens. A family of three probably doesn't need the living expenses of $5,000 a month. In most cases, the insurance will not reach $20,000 per year.