Important Reasons to Consider Green Card
Having a Green Card (officially known as a Permanent Resident Card allows you to live and work permanently in the United States. The steps you must take to apply for a Green Card will vary depending on your individual situation.
Green Card Processes and Procedures
- Adjustment of Status
- Consular Processing
- Concurrent Filing
- Travel Documents
- Employment Authorization Document
- Removing Conditions on Your Two-Year Green Card
Green Card Through Family
- An immediate relative of a U.S. citizen
- Spouse of a U.S. citizen
- Unmarried child under the age of 21
- Parent of a U.S. citizen who is at least 21
- Another relative of a U.S. citizen or relative of a lawful permanent resident under the family-based preference categories
- Fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen or the fiancé(e)’s child
- A person admitted to the U.S. as a fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen (K-1 nonimmigrant)
- A person admitted to the U.S. as the child of a fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen (K-2 nonimmigrant)
- Widow(er) of a U.S. citizen
Widow or widower of a U.S. citizen and you were married to your U.S. citizen spouse at the time your spouse died
- VAWA self-petitioner– victim of battery or extreme cruelty
- Abused spouse of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident
- Abused child (unmarried and under 21 years old) of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident
- Abused parent of a U.S. citizen
Green Card as a Special Immigrant
- Religious Worker
- Special Immigrant Juvenile
- Afghanistan or Iraq national
Green Card through Other Categories
- Asylee
- If you were granted asylum status at least 1 year ago
- Refugee
- If you were granted asylee status at least 1 year ago
- Registry
- Human Trafficking Victim (T-Visa)
- Crime Victim (U-Visa)
- An abused (victim of battery or extreme cruelty) spouse or child under the Cuban Adjustment Act
- An abused (victim of battery or extreme cruelty) spouse or child under Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act (HRIFA)