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You should consult with a green card lawyer if you want to become a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) in the United States. Your green card attorney at Natalia Darancou Law, PLLC will look at your individual case and offer expert guidance, but this green card lawyer guide will answer many of your questions while you wait for your initial consultation.
A green card is the document that proves you’re an LPR of the United States. You could be eligible to apply for a green card through:
In this green card lawyer guide, we’ll discuss how to become eligible to apply for a green card through a family-based visa, a humanitarian program, or the Diversity Lottery.
We will also discuss the two ways to apply for a green card once you are eligible:
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Your green card attorney will explain that family-based immigration starts with an immigrant visa petition. Any current LPR or U.S. citizen is allowed to petition U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for an immigrant visa on behalf of a foreign family member.
With typical family-based immigration, the LPR or U.S. citizen acts as a visa sponsor and files the immigrant petition behalf of their family member with the help of a green card lawyer. To do this, they will file a Form I-130, Petition for an Alien Relative with USCIS.
Your green card lawyer may explain that U.S. citizens have a greater advantage when it comes to sponsoring visas. They can use the Immediate Relative (IR) category of immigrant visas.
There’s no cap on the number of annual IR visas available. U.S. citizens are also entitled to use the Family Preference category of immigrant visas for more relatives.
A green card lawyer can help U.S. citizens petition for the following family members using IR visa petitions:
A green card lawyer can help U.S. citizens petition for the following family members using Family Preference visa petitions:
Your green card lawyer may explain that existing green card holders can sponsor some of their family members too. Unfortunately, only Family Preference immigrant visa sponsorship is available to an LPR.
A green card lawyer can help LPRs of the United States petition for the following family members:
Your green card lawyer can look at your individual situations to see if you are eligible to apply for a green card based on a current nonimmigrant status such as:
Your green card lawyer will also see if you could be eligible for VAWA self-petitioning due to an eligible family relationship and domestic violence.
If you are chosen as a winner in the Diversity Visa Program, also known as the Diversity Lottery, you should contact a green card lawyer right away.
Winning the Diversity Lottery is an amazing opportunity, and you don’t want to throw it away because of an error applying for your green card. Your green card lawyer can help make sure that everything goes smoothly.
It’s important to realize that gaining eligibility won’t automatically grant you a green card. Your green card lawyer will explain that once you are eligible, you will also have to apply for it in one of the following ways:
To apply using consular processing, your green card lawyer will file your Form DS-260, Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration with the Department of State. Your green card attorney will also help you understand the required steps of consular processing.
To apply using Adjustment of Status, your green card lawyer will file your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status with USCIS. Your green card attorney will also help you understand the required steps of the adjustment of status process.
When you are ready, an experienced green card lawyer at Natalia Darancou Law will guide you through this exciting and confusing journey to becoming an LPR.
Wherever you are in the process, your green card attorney at our firm will protect you and provide you with personalized, knowledgeable legal guidance. Contact us today.
The Natalia Darancou Law Firm provides removal defense, family-based, & humanitarian visas, including but not limited to VAWA, u-visa, adjustment of status, consular processing, residency, asylum, and complex crimmigration cases.
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